Man survives snowmobile crash
Crashes keep police hopping
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Judging from the accident scene, a 20-year-old Winnipeg man should be resting peacefully in the morgue after the snowmobile he was driving collided with an SUV on a highway north of Winnipeg Saturday afternoon.
Selkirk RCMP said the man apparently couldn’t see the northbound Chevrolet Silverado when he attempted to cross Highway 59 near Libau because of the position of the sun in the late-afternoon sky. The SUV flipped on to its side and came to rest in the eastbound median of PTH 317 while the snowmobile was smashed virtually beyond recognition.
“I’m fairly shocked that we didn’t end up with a fatality from this collision,” said Cpl. Rob Bell. “(The snowmobile) is completely destroyed.”
The fact the man was of a “larger build” may have allowed him to escape with what appears to be a leg broken in two places.
“For the most part, it could be chalked up to extremely good luck,” Bell said, noting neither alcohol nor speed are believed to be factors in the collision.
The driver of the SUV, a 49-year-old man from Winnipeg, was shaken up, treated at the scene and released.
The collision blocked northbound traffic on Highway 59 for about 40 minutes while the police investigated and emergency personnel attended to the two drivers.
Roads were a dangerous place to be on Saturday as Winnipeg police and RCMP officers were kept hopping with numerous accidents both within the Perimeter Highway and in rural areas. Bell said most of the highway incidents involved single vehicles sliding off “extremely slippery” roads. Luckily, there were no fatalities.
Three people were taken to hospital following a head-on collision between an SUV and a van just north of Fermor Avenue around noon Saturday. The accident resulted in the closure of the north and southbound lanes of Plessis Road near Fermor for two hours.
Police said several cars slid into the ditch on Bishop Grandin Boulevard near Waverley Street and along Lagimodiere Boulevard earlier in the morning, as well. The accidents were blamed on drivers failing to adjust speeds for slippery conditions caused by a thin blanket of snow on roadways.
geoff.kirbyson@freepress.mb.ca