On November 21, at 1:10 p.m., Portage la Prairie RCMP responded to a report of an unknown man lying in the field behind their property, located on Saskatchewan Avenue East, in Portage la Prairie.

Officers attended to the scene and have determined that a snowmobile, being operated by a 57-year-old man from Portage la Prairie, had been traveling northbound through a field when it drove into a row of trees. He struck numerous large branches and fell off the machine a short distance away. EMS attended the scene and pronounced him deceased.

He was wearing a helmet at the time of the collision. Speed and alcohol are believed to be factors in the collision.

Portage la Prairie RCMP continues to investigate.