A 21-year-old man has passed away after being struck by a tow rope while working to free a vehicle from sand, police in Hay River said.
In a news release on Tuesday, RCMP said officers had been alerted to the incident shortly after 1am that morning.
“The initial investigation determined that a vehicle had become stuck in the sand on the beach front,” police stated, referring to a section of beach on Great Slave Lake near Hay River.
“A second vehicle was attempting to tow this vehicle out when the tow rope unexpectedly disconnected and struck the 21-year-old man, causing his death.”
The deceased person was not publicly identified by police.
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RCMP said there was “no indication of any criminality” and officers were assisting the NWT coroner’s office with their investigation, a standard practice following a fatality of this kind.
