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Snowmobile crash kills one

Jan 11, 2011 | 11:21 AM

There was fatal snowmobile crash in Northern Saskatchewan.

RCMP said 39-year-old Donald “Dino” Bird was killed Tuesday night near Stanley Mission.

Bird was traveling back home with friends after a fishing expedition. The group was traveling down a trail leading to an abandoned gold mine when Bird sped up and drove through a chained gate that was blocking the entrance to the gold mine.

He was pronounced dead on scene.