Snowmobile stunt in summer hurts rider
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This article was published 22/08/2016 (3513 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A Manitoba man is expected to make a full recovery after a snowmobiling accident over the weekend.
Yes, you read that right. A snowmobiling accident in August.
A 24-year-old man from the RM of Woodlands was injured Saturday when a summertime stunt on his snowmobile went awry, said Sgt. Harvey Legary, the detachment commander of the Headingley RCMP. The man was airlifted by STARS air ambulance to Winnipeg.
Spokesman Cam Heke said STARS landed on scene shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday to a private area near Starbuck, Man. The injured man had sustained “serious injuries,” Heke wrote in an email, and was flown to the Health Sciences Centre.
The man had attempted to clear an 18-metre space on his snowmobile after driving up a 2.5 metre wooden ramp, Heke said. However, he didn’t quite make it, and instead struck the top of the nine metre receiving dirt ramp on the other side.
He was thrown over the snowmobile’s handlebars, and the machine then landed on top of him.
Heke said the man’s life was likely saved by the full protective gear he was wearing, including a helmet and neck brace.
Unsurprisingly, Heke said snowmobile-related injuries are uncommon this time of year.
“You know, I’ve worked with STARS for eight years and during that time I don’t recall a snowmobile call in the middle of August,” Heke said. “We hope that the patient’s recovery goes well.”
Legary said while it certainly “seems unusual for August,” it’s not unheard of for people in the area to set up ramps in the summer months for use with motorcycles, ATVs and, yes, snowmobiles.
“It was just a stunt devil type of thing, where they go and jump quads and dirtbikes and snowmobiles in August,” he said. “It’s just some guys just out, some boys out having some fun.”
Legary said the man is in stable condition and “expected to make a full recovery.”
Starbuck is 43 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg.
aidan.geary@freepress.mb.ca