Snowmobiler fighting for life after crashing into deck

By News Staff

Posted Nov 15, 2012 6:45 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A man is in serious condition in a Calgary hospital, after slamming his snowmobile into a wooden deck Wednesday morning near Okotoks.

Emergency crews say the man in his 30’s suffered multiple life-threatening injuries.

Cam Heke from STARS Air Ambulance tells The Calgary Sun he was not wearing a helmet at the time.

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