Snowmobiler injured in fiery crash

by Contributed - Story: 51711 Dec 27, 2009 / 12:24 pm CASTANET

A man suffered extensive injuries Saturday afternoon after hitting a tree while out on his snowmobile. Leigh Pearson of Vernon Search and Rescue says 14 members of Vernon SAR were called out to help the B.C. Ambulance service rescue an injured man in the Park Mountain area near Lumby. The man had been riding with two other snowmobilers on Park Mountain road when one man lost control of his machine and swerved into a tree. Pearson says the snowmobile burst into flames after the fuel tank ruptured and the driver was tossed 30 feet down an embankment. Pearson says SAR had to set up a rope system to rescue the driver. The man suffered extensive injuries and was taken to Vernon Jubilee Hospital by ambulance.