Snowmobile tragedy in Central Alberta
Posted Mar 22, 2012 5:37 pm.
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Tragedy in Central Alberta near Wainwright.
Three snowmobilers are dead after plunging off a six metre embankment and onto a road below.
RCMP say the snowmobilers lost track of where they were on Wednesday night.
Corporal Jerry Nutbrown tells 660News the sky was clear and the weather was not a factor.
“It was typical evening for this time of year,” he said. “We just think they got lost their bearings a bit because most of them were from the area. I think they just came upon the road a little quicker than what they were anticipating.”
Nutbrown adds, the impact is what caused the deaths and they don’t believe excess speed was a factor.
Two riders survived the fall.
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