Good Samaritans Rescue Four People Who Fell Through Ice in New Brunswick

New Brunswick RCMP are cautioning that fluctuating temperatures can make river ice unsafe to travel on after an off-road vehicle fell through ice on the Tracadie River. 

Tracadie RCMP responded around 7:00 p.m. Friday to a call that an off-road vehicle had gone through the ice near the Snowball bridge.  The vehicle was making its way across what appeared to be a frozen river when it broke through thin ice.

One of the four people on the vehicle, a woman, was able to get out and call for help.

The others, two men and a woman, were rescued by four people who were in the area at that time.

The off-road riders were taken to hospital, treated and released.

Police say temperature swings of over 20 degrees in short periods have made some ice uncertain for snowmobiles and other off-road vehicles.