THESSALON, Ont. -- Police say a 20-year-old man has died in a snowmobile accident on a frozen river in central Ontario.

Members of the OPP's East Algoma detachment were called to the incident in Thessalon, on the north shore of Lake Huron, Sunday afternoon.

They say a local man was killed when the snowmobile he was driving lost control on the Thessalon River and crashed into a bridge.

A team of technical investigators has been called in, and a post-mortem is scheduled for the coming days in Sault Ste. Marie.

The victim has been identified as Nicolas Barber.