FOG BLOG NB NEWS LOG: 2 MEN FELL THROUGH THE ICE, IN LAMEQUE AND BAXTERS CORNERS:
A 62-year-old man is dead after the ATV he was driving crashed through ice in Baxters Corner, RCMP said Monday.
The Rothesay man was the sole occupant of the vehicle, which was found partially submerged at the scene about a 34- kilometre drive northeast of Saint John.
The man's body was found shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday in Loch Lomond Lake.
Members of the Hampton RCMP detachment, Simonds Fire Department and Kennebecasis Valley Fire Department were dispatched to the scene on Sands Road.
Police are still investigating what happened.
The man, who was not identified, was the second person found dead after going through ice over the past week...The snowmobile belonging to a missing 29-year-old man was found underwater on Lamèque Island on Friday.
Police have been searching for Justin Savoie of Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël, who was driving the snowmobile and hasn't been seen since Monday morning.
A 2013 black Skidoo Renegade 800 with yellow stripes was found near the bridge on Route 113 between Haut-Lamèque and Lamèque, RCMP said.
The RCMP underwater recovery team is conducting a search at the scene.
Savoie was last seen Monday at a business on Rue de L'Église in the village where he lives on Lamèque Island. Police believe he was heading toward Lamèque or Tracadie.
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