Forty-six-year-old Jeffrey Lindsay has been identified as the victim of a fatal snowmobile accident northeast of Yellowknife over the weekend, the NWT Coroner Service confirmed Tuesday afternoon.
Lindsay was ejected from his snowmobile on Saturday night after striking a snow-covered rock while travelling near Reid Lake, about 65 km northeast of the city, according to a news release issued by Mounties Monday morning.
A passing snowmobiler who discovered the victim attempted to administer first aid after contacting police, state .
Jeffrey Lindsay, 46, of Yellowknife, died after sustaining injuries from a snowmobile crash over the weekend near Reid Lake.
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Lindsay, a sergeant, was a regular, full-time member of the Canadian Forces stationed in Yellowknife, Captain Soomin Kim, of Joint Task Force North/ JTFN Public Affairs confirmed to Yellowknifer Tuesday afternoon.
Tributes to Lindsay have popped up on social media in recent days following his death. One post, published by a former colleague who worked with the late soldier at 56th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery is a Canadian Army Reserve artillery regiment based in Ontario, praised Linday.
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Yellowknife is working alongside the NWT Coroners Service to investigate the death.
