Skid-steer operator dies after machine breaks through ice

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Steinbach RCMP received a report that a skid-steer loader fell through the ice on a pond in the RM of Hanover at 1:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve.

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Steinbach RCMP along with local fire and EMS responded and officers were advised that a 58-year-old male was operating the skid-steer loader on the pond when it went through the ice.

With the assistance of the Hutterian Emergency Aquatic Response Team (HEART), the body of the 58-year-old male was recovered later that afternoon.

Steinbach RCMP continue to investigate.

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