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TEMAGAMI, Ont. — An air ambulance helicopter crashed last night in northern Ontario, injuring the four people aboard, police said early Saturday morning.
The craft went down at the helicopter pad at Snake Lake near Temagami, about an hour north of North Bay.

At least two of the people aboard the helicopter had serious injuries, said Sgt. Todd Proulx. A spokesperson for Ornge, the company representing the paramedics on board the helicopter, said she believed the injuries to the four people weren't life-threatening.

The air ambulance, which was flying out of Sudbury, was headed to the scene of a snowmobile accident in the middle of Rib Lake.

Because of the crash, the snowmobiler was taken off the lake on a sled by the OPP and then transported to Temiskaming Hospital in New Liskeard with life-threatening injuries.

The occupants on the helicopter have also been taken to the Temiskaming Hospital.

No names have been released.

Transportation Safety Board officials are expected to inspect the scene today.

With the helicopter out of service, air ambulances from nearby regions will expand their coverage to include the Sudbury area.