(RICE LAKE, ON) – On Sunday February 2, 2014 at approximately 7:14 pm Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call for assistance from an island on Rice Lake where three people reported running out of gas while snowmobiling.
OPP and Hamilton Township Fire Department (HFD) received the call for assistance from three males who reported that they had run out of gas on Rice Lake and had walked to Spook Island between Gores Landing and Harwood. They were dressed appropriately for the weather however they were seeking assistance getting back to shore.
Officers activated emergency lights and sirens from Gores Landing and all three made it safely to shore by walking across the ice and will be recovering their sleds during daylight hours. No one was injured.