by Nelson Daily Staff on Tuesday Mar 09 2021
Donations continue to be received through a GoFundMe campaign to support the family of Joe Leblanc.
Donations for a GoFundMe page continue to pour in for a West Kootenay man killed in a snowmobile accident last week near Kaslo.
Kaslo RCMP said that local Search and Rescue were called to an avalanche accident on the afternoon of Thursday, March 4 in the Antoine Basin area.
RCMP said when Search and Rescue arrived, snowmobilers were able to dig the West Kootenay man out of the out of the snow from the avalanche, but he did not survive.
One man dead after Avalanche near Mt. Payne
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A West Kootenay man has died after getting caught in an avalanche at Antoine Basin near Mt. Payne.
On Thursday, Kaslo RCMP and Kalso Search and Rescue responded to a notification of an inReach spot activation from the International Emergency Response Coordination Centre (IERCC).
Police say the IERCC gave GPS coordinates to where the man was caught in the avalanche.
“A group of experienced snowmobilers had been sledding when one person was caught in an avalanche and buried in the snow,” said RCMP. “The rest of the group managed to dig the man from the snow, however he was pronounced dead at the scene.”
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