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Fatal snowmobile crash in northern N.B.

A 42-year-old man has died following a snowmobile crash in northern New Brunswick.

The crash happened near Governor’s Lodge, a wilderness resort in the Popple Depot area, about an hour’s drive from Bathurst.

Mounties said they received a call about the crash shortly after 2 a.m. Wednesday.

“The crash is believed to have occurred when the driver hit a patch of uneven ground, hit his head, and fell off the snowmobile,” RCMP said in a news release.

The victim was from the community of Little River.


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  • Brad Perry is an award-winning news anchor and reporter and a 2013 graduate of the NBCC journalism program. Based in New Brunswick, he is also the assistant national news director for Acadia Broadcasting. Contact Brad at perry.brad@radioabl.ca.

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