N.S. woman dead after crashing snowmobile into tree

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Category: Canada News
Published Sunday, January 3, 2016
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SPRINGFIELD, N.S. -- The RCMP in Nova Scotia say a woman is dead after a snowmobile crash in Kings County.

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Police say they were called to a groomed trail in the community of Armstrong Lake around 3 p.m. Saturday.

They say a 29-year-old woman from Halifax had crashed her snowmobile into a tree.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A male passenger received minor injuries.



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