A recent snowmobile collision in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie resulted in a 36-year-old man from the community being sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

On March 6, 2022, at 11:35am, Portage la Prairie RCMP responded to a report of a snowmobile collision on private property located near Road 58N in the RM of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Officers attended the scene and determined that a snowmobile, being operated by a 36-year-old Portage la Prairie man, had been traveling on private property when it collided with a cluster of trees. EMS attended the scene and transported the male rider to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

RCMP report that the male rider was not wearing a helmet at the time of the collision.