whits-end Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Heard there was a fatality Sunday morning Feb 9th on trail 711 but sketchy on details. Rider hit a tree? Anyone have any more info? Location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northstar Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Fatal Snowmobile Accident in McMurrich TownshipMonday, February 10, 2014 (14939 reads) The Almaguin Highlands OPP is investigating a fatal snowmobile collision that occurred on Sunday, February 9, at around 9:45a.m. The operator was snowmobiling on a groomed OFSC trail #711 on Harrison Lake Road, when his snowmobile struck a tree. The OPP along with collision investigators and EMS attended the location of the collision where the victim was pronounced deceased. Speed was determined to be a factor in the collision. A post mortem was scheduled for Herb Bishop, 56, of Paris, Ontario today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedtoSkidoo Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 My buddy was there. Ill see if he can come on and enlighten everyone. Pretty horrific from what I understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve c Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 We were on that trail on Friday, terrible news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsykes Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I rode that trail Saturday afternoon. Sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedtoSkidoo Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 He wont and I don't blame him. Bottom line......................ride safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildbill Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Details do not need to be here. The man died it is not up to us to judge him. My condolences to his family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunz Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 R.I.P Sad regardless of the circumstances.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzlyGriff Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 That' so tragic...very sad to hear this news. Doesn't happen often on groomed trails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketman Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 The deceased is an uncle to a buddy of mine. Condolences to his family. Ride safe people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whits-end Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Not looking for gorie details, just confirmation. Hits pretty close to home when it's a trail you often ride. Very sad, our thoughts are with the family. Ride safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledguy74 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 One week after accepting a promotion, the general manager of the Toyota manufacturing plant in Cambridge was killed in a snowmobile crash in northern Ontario. Almaguin Highlands OPP say a snowmobile belonging to Herb Bishop crashed into a tree on a groomed trail around 9:45 a.m. Sunday, killing the 56-year-old. It happened on a trail in McMurrich/Monteith Township, northwest of Huntsville and east of Parry Sound. Photos The Toyota manufacturing plant in Cambridge, Ont., is seen on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. Speed is believed to be a factor in the crash. Bishop had been with Toyota Canada since 1988 and was one of its top Canadian executives. Last week, he was promoted to a new position in British Columbia, and was planning to visit Vancouver with his wife next weekend to get a better sense of his new home. “His wife is his best friend. They ride together. They hang out together,” Ray Tanguay, chair of Toyota’s Canadian operations, tells CTV News. “He will be missed by his family. He will be missed by the Toyota family. He is a very special person, and we’re devastated by his loss.” Bishop lived in Paris and had three children, two of whom also work at Toyota, and two grandchildren. Friends say he was an avid snowmobilers who knew the trails in the area of his crash – near his Burk’s Falls cottage – and wasn’t one to snowmobile unsafely. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Dwayne Budgell Funeral Home in Paris Read more: http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/cambridge-toyota-plant-manager-killed-in-snowmobile-crash-1.1680657#ixzz2t6rGWCVC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Re:Leaf Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Rest in Peace Herb Bishop . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfisher Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Thats my boss...Sad day for his family,Friends and coworkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aar0n Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Thats my boss...Sad day for his family,Friends and coworkers. Thats really sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvMyViper Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 My condolences to his friends and family.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfisher Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Thats really sad Never had a chance to meet him being in a factory with 7000 people...Heard he was a nice guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Tragic indeed. RIP Herb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aar0n Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Never had a chance to meet him being in a factory with 7000 people...Heard he was a nice guy. That hits close to home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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