A man is in hospital in Saskatoon after his snowmobile overturned in College Park yesterday.
Saskatoon Police Service said in a news release on Friday that officers were called to 14th Street East and Spinks Drive around 6 p.m. and found and overturned snowmobile and a 50-year-old man with what were believed to be serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
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Police said the snowmobile was being driven at a high rate of speed in an alley behind Spinks Drive when it lost control and overturned.
Police are continuing to investigate.
City of Saskatoon bylaws restrict the use of snowmobiles except on designated highways, and they can be driven no faster than 40 km/h.
Routes designated for snowmobiles include:
North route:
- Along the east ditch of Highway 11 from Wanuskewin Road to Marquis Drive.
- Along the east ditch of Idylwyld Service Road from 71st Street to Marquis Drive.
East route:
- Along the north and south ditch of Fleury Road from Blackley Road to
Highway 41. - Along the east and west ditch of Blackley Road from Fleury Road to
Highway 41. - Along north and south ditch of Highway 41 from Fleury Road to Highway 5.
- Along the east and west ditch of Llewellyn Road from Fleury Road to
Highway 41. - Along the north and south ditch of Highway 5 from Highway 41 to Llewellyn
Road.
West route:
- Along the north and south ditch of Township Road 364 from Range Road 3065 to
Highway 7. - Along the north and south ditch of 11th Street from Highway 7 to 4402 11th
Street West
Maps of these routes are available here.
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