Runaway snowmobile video leads to bumper sticker sales pitch

A womanwho videotaped a runaway driverless snowmobile as it sped down the highway near Deer Lake in March is now using the image to create bumper stickers.

• A tale of the runaway snowmobile, and the people who chased it

Julia Sharpe and her husband chased the snowmobile for 12 km, and then posted their video online, where it went viral.

Now, she's putting an image of the snowmobile on bumper stickers and she hopes people will be just as interested.

"So far, I'm after selling about 60," she said Friday.

It's an effort to raise money for a scholarship fund in memory of Sharpe's niece, Sara March,a20-year-olduniversity student who was killed in an accident in November 2014.

"She was on her way to work on the Outer Ring Road, and she hydroplaned, and her car flipped and we got that awful call," said Sharpe.

"It changes you. All functions are different."

SharpesaidSarawasa biochemistrystudent who hadhoped to go into medicine.

The scholarship is open to students from her high school in Sydney, N.S.,who plan on going to Memorial University.

The bumper stickers cost $10, and can be purchased at two local businesses,Corner Brook Optical and Island Treasures, or by calling 639-2020.

"This time next year maybe instead of having a sad memory, maybe it will be a more pleasant memory," said Sharpe.