Quinte Fishing

Anyone know how he ended up in hospital? Bad situation for sure. Always drove on nippissing with my dad and was never comfortable with it. That was with 18-24" of ice. Can't imagine doing it on quinte.

I can't imagine anyone's insurance covering a vehicle going through the ice.

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Bob MacMillan
Owner/Operator
Kingston Sport Fishing
https://kingstonsportfishing.ca/

He got wet and walked in. And I have coverage on my truck. It's covered under my comprehensive. Truck has to be 4wd and on crown land. A buddies truck went down a few years back parked at shore. It was still deep enough to swallow truck but shore isn't the thickest ice which most people think. Anyways he had comprehensive and it was all covered. The removal and replacment of the truck.

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hope everything is okay with his health never good to see a fellow angler in trouble like this,

i suppose he has a stationary hut with a radio and heat for the season now tho

Certainly hope he is fine and can recover his belongings.

This eerily brings back memories of the Murphy Family accident that took place on the ice road from West street in Kingston to Wolfe Island in 1984. My father worked with the Parks and Roads Department in Kingston for years and I remember him marking the entrances onto the ice with xmas trees collected that year. It was a popular crossing used by many. It was that incident that marked the end of the maintained ice road proving to all that no matter how experienced you are with ice or how safe you think it is, there will always be an element of risk.

Be safe out there everyone...especially those that need to recover permanent huts.

Steve
WalleyeWon

This is incorrect. He has insurance and was covered for this and the company is dealing with it now.

I'm not sure what will happen to the hut as I haven't spoke directly to him since it happened. If he can get it off he will I'm sure of that.

I was under the impression that as soon as you drove onto the ice your insurance is null and void....

Ouch

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Both my companies McDougall and Whitly told me they don't cover it when I asked then a couple of years back. Maybe it's changed or its a different policy.
Hope all the best for him in either case

I stand corrected...the vine of grape failed me

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my insurance will cover mine if goes threw ice under collision

Checked with my insurance brooker and she had to say it was for her own knowledge as they asked for the policy num of the person inquiring and were probly goin to black flag me!! End result MY insurance is void soon as I drive on ice. That's with Cheiftain insurance!! Who knows different policy what ever suits them. Hope guy gets his truck off though deffienetyly would be stressfull. I have heard of companies in nippissing that do ice recovery not sure here.

Insurance or owner pay, either way, the owner should make arrangements to get the rig back on shore now. The cost of removal from the ice is considerably less than the costs of recovery from the deep. That and the fact that the risk of environmental fines goes WAAAAAY up when the vehicle goes under. I'm almost certain the insurer is not going to suffer or pay for any charges from the ministry of environment.

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Where they able to get the truck out, or did it go through the ice?

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Dave

Insurance doesn't cover it. You're "off road".

Guy will be in for the recovery cost, plus an MNR fine for polluting the lake.

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If I were the owner of that truck I would be getting some industrial air bags like the kind used to put sailboat anchors in place and some heavy duty straps. Easier to tow in a floating truck than recover a sunken one

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I am with McDougal insurance and I emailed them. I am covered under comprehensive. Here's the kicker, it is only cover if the ice breaks and the truck falls through. If I drive my truck off the ice into open water it is not covered.