FREDERICTON — Two men from eastern New Brunswick are dead following separate snowmobile crashes on Friday.
The RCMP say a 30-year-old man from Greenfield died when he lost control of his machine and collided with a tree on a trail near Williamstown, about 25 kilometres southwest of Miramichi.
The crash was reported around 6:30 a.m. and the victim died at the scene.
In the Bouctouche area, a 38-year-old man from Boudreau West was killed around 7 p.m. when his snowmobile hit a fence post on a trail near the Girouardville road.
The driver also died at the scene.
In both cases, an autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of death.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 22, 2022.
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