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UPDATE: Snowmobiler fatally injured by cable stretched across Blindman River

A 25-year old Bluffton woman has died
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A 25-year-old Bluffton woman has died as a result of a snowmobile accident on Mar. 25. (RCMP file photo)

A 25-year-old Bluffton snowmobiler was killed last Saturday when she hit a steel cable stretched across Blindman River.

The woman was driving one snowmobile and her husband and friends were on two others on the frozen river about 18 km northeast of Rimbey when she hit the braided cable and was fatally injured about 4:30 p.m.

Ponoka County firefighters and EMS went to the scene near Township Road 441 and Range Road 15 and provided medical help until a STARS air ambulance arrived. The woman was airlifted to Edmonton’s University of Alberta Hospital where she died.

Rimbey RCMP with the assistance of an RCMP traffic analyst and the Major Crimes Unit continue to investigate. RCMP would like to speak to anyone who might know who could have installed that steel cable across the river.

RCMP spokesman Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said it does not appear the wire was put there to harm someone intentionally.

“We’re not suggesting that. It was a wire that was wrapped between two posts that spanned across the waterway. It looked like it had been there for some time,” said Savinkoff on Monday.

“There still could be a potential criminal element there, but it was not like it was recently put up as a trap or something. That’s not the direction we’re going with the investigation right now.”

RCMP would like to hear from anyone who may have information related to the incident. Rimbey RCMP can be contacted at 403-843-2224. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store. To report crime online, or for access to RCMP news and information, download the Alberta RCMP app through Apple or Google Play.



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