Yesterday afternoon around 3:45 Swan River RCMP responded to an incident where a snowmobile collided with a semi-trailer on a logging road in Duck Mountain Provincial Park.

The initial investigation has determined that two snowmobiles were heading north on the logging road when one of the drivers collided with a semi-trailer driving south.

The 16-year-old male, from the RM of Minitonas-Bowsman, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The other snowmobiler, a 17-year-old, wasn’t injured or involved.

The 32-year-old male driver of the semi-trailer, from the RM of Swan Valley West, wasn’t injured.

Alcohol doesn’t appear to be a factor in the collision.