Manitoba RCMP are investigating after a woman died in a snowmobile crash in Pauingassi First Nation in the early morning hours on New Year's Day. Police officers responded to a call about a snowmobile crash on the Main Road at the Winter Road access point around 1:35 a.m. on Jan. 1. "A snowmobile with two riders collided with a fishing boat that was on the shore, and both riders were thrown from the snowmobile," RCMP said in a news release. A 20-year-old woman from Pauingassi First Nation was taken to the nursing station in the community but died from her injuries. A 24-year-old man, also from the First Nation, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Source: CBC News January 04, 2021 20:14 UTC