Girls seriously injured in Nain snowmobile crash

Police say neither the 17-year-old nor the 8-year-old wore helmets

Image | Nain busy street

Caption: The accident happened Tuesday, and the girls were taken to hospital in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and St. John's. (CBC)

A teenager and a child are seriously injured after a snowmobile crash in Nain, on the north coast of Labrador.
RCMP say a girl, 8, was transferred to hospital in St. John's for treatment. The driver, a 17-year-old girl, was brought to hospital in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
The accident happened Tuesday, April 10, at about 8:20 p.m. on Middlepath Road.
Police said Friday the snowmobile went off the road and into the pump house. Neither girl wore a helmet.
The crash is under investigation.