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Paris, Ont. snowmobiler dies in Burk's Falls collision

Provincial police are investigating a fatal snowmobile crash that happened Sunday morning, about 20 kilometres west of Burk's Falls.
The OPP report Herb Bishop was snowmobiling on groomed Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) trail 711on Harrison Lake Road, McMurrich/Monteith Township when his snowmobile struck a tree. (Google)

Provincial police are investigating a fatal snowmobile crash that happened Sunday morning, about 20 kilometres west of Burk's Falls.

The OPP said the man's snow machine struck a tree on a groomed trail close to 9:45 a.m. Herb Bishop, 56, of Paris, Ontario, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Speed was a factor in the collision, police said.

A post mortem examination was scheduled for Monday.