Central Alberta woman killed after snowmobile strikes steel cable: RCMP
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Rimbey RCMP is investigating after a 25-year-old woman from Bluffton, Alta., was killed in a collision with a steel cable while snowmobiling on Saturday.
The woman was snowmobiling with her spouse and friends who were riding two other snowmobiles on the Blindman River near Township Road 441 and Range Road 15 northeast of Rimbey. According to RCMP, the woman struck a long, intertwined steel cable that extended across the river and she was severely injured.
Mounties responded alongside Ponoka County Fire Department and EMS around 4:30 p.m. Saturday for reports of a serious injury collision involving a snowmobile.
The emergency crews provided medical care onsite until STARS airlifted her to the University of Alberta hospital. The 25-year-old succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.
Rimbey RCMP is investigating the placement of the steel cable across the river. RCMP’s traffic analyst and major crimes unit is assisting with the investigation.
“We believe the cable has been there for some time, and we don’t necessarily believe it was put there to harm somebody,” said Cpl. Troy Savinkoff with RCMP. “It doesn’t still mean there could be legal ramifications because of the placement of that cable across a waterway. That’s what we’re investigating — if there’s any criminal element that might involve that cable.”
Bluffton is a hamlet located within Ponoka County, located about 220 kilometres north of Calgary. The population of Bluffton, according to 2021 Census data, is 140 living in 66 private dwellings.
Savinkoff said these kinds of incidents are tough on small communities like Bluffton.
“They’re a tight-knit community and everybody knows one another,” said the officer. “You have a tragic incident that really happened out of the blue. … They’re enjoying their weekend and to have something very tragic like this happen is very hard on the community.”
Anyone with information about the steel cable or the collision is asked by investigators to call Rimbey RCMP at 403-843-2224. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.P3Tips.com.
“We’re looking for any knowledge from the public about who may have put that cable there, who may have owned it and is the public aware of that cable. Is that something that is known to the community at large? It does appear it has been there for some time,” said Savinkoff.
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