Cumberland County District Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is investigating following a snowmobile crash and fatality that occurred in Collingwood Corner, the police said in a news release.
On Feb. 21, at approximately 10:20 p.m., RCMP officers, fire services, and EHS responded to a report of a crash on Wyvern Road. RCMP officers learned that a man was operating a snowmobile when it went off the road and hit a snowbank before coming to rest.
The driver of the snowmobile, a 28-year-old Springhill man, was struck by a fire truck while being attended to in the roadway.
The man was pronounced deceased a short time later.
The Municipality of Cumberland said the driver of the fire truck, with the Collingwood Volunteer Fire Department, has stepped aside from all duties pending the outcome of the RCMP investigation, cbc.ca reported.
The investigation, which is in its early stages, is ongoing. The Nova Scotia RCMP Collision and Reconstruction Service team is assisting. Both the snowmobile and the fire truck have been seized.
