13.7 C
Kawartha Lakes
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
No menu items!
HomeNewsChild seriously injured in snowmobile crash near Haliburton

Child seriously injured in snowmobile crash near Haliburton

HALIBURTON-A child has been seriously injured in a snowmobile crash near Haliburton on Monday.

Police say officers from the Haliburton Highlands OPP responded to a report of a single motorized snow vehicle (MSV) collision on private property on Lake Kawagama in the Township of Algonquin Highlands just after 3:30pm..

Two young children were injured after a snowmobile they were on allegedly accelerated and collided with a fixed object. As a result of the collision one child was air-lifted to a Toronto area trauma center with life threatening injuries. The other child sustained minor injuries.

OPP Technical Collision Investigators (TCI) are on scene and assisting with the investigation.

Don't forget to sign up for our morning newsletter.

Catch up on all the local news while enjoying your coffee.

Pamela Vanmeer
Pamela Vanmeerhttps://www.kawartha411.ca/
Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

Most Popular

Kawartha 411