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By Nigel Maxwell

Emergency response

Snowmobile crash near Elk Ridge sends one man to hospital

Mar 16, 2026 | 2:39 PM

Multiple agencies were involved in the rescue Saturday night of a 25-year-old man who crashed his snowmobile in the Elk Ridge area.

At approximately 7:20 p.m., RCMP, Lakeland Fire Department and Parkland Ambulance were dispatched to the scene. The volunteer firefighters then deployed their winter rescue unit to head to the scene down a groomed trail.

Lake Country Rentals in Elk Ridge also provided extra snow mobiles to help transport RCMP, Parkland Ambulance, and extra crew members to the scene.

After arriving at the crash site, firefighters assisted Parkland Ambulance with patient care and loading of the patient into the rescue unit. They then continued down the trail to Highway 2 to meet the ambulance.

After loading the patient into the ambulance, crews began to set up a landing zone for the STARS air ambulance until it was decided the ambulance on the ground would transport the patient.

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Parkland Ambulance confirmed the patient was transported to hospital in good and stable condition.

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