Snowmobiler dies after falling through ice on Young Loon Lake

The Big River RCMP is investigating after a man fell through the ice and died while snowmobiling on Young Loon Lake on Thursday.

The RCMP said officers were called to Young Loon Lake around 7:45 p.m., and determined a 40-year-old man from the area had fallen through the ice after driving on the lake with his snowmobile.

They found the man in the water and pulled him out. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Young Loon Lake is about 120 kilometres northwest of Prince Albert.