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OPP say rescued snowmobiler was from Michigan

Police are still investigating the incident about 40 kilometres south of Halfway Haven that led to the man being airlifted by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter on Saturday night

NEWS RELEASE

ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE

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WAWA - On Saturday, Mar. 4, 2017 at approximately 5:30 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Chapleau Detachment were called to a collision involving a snowmobile on the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (O.F.S.C) "D" trail located approximately 40 km South of Halfway Haven in the District of Algoma.  

At the scene a 46-year-old Michigan man was air lifted to Sault Area hospital by a U.S Coast Guard Helicopter with undetermined injuries.

The investigation is ongoing.

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