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New details in a fatal snowmobile crash over the weekend in northern New York. Police now say 41-year-old Everett Willis, of Brainardsville, fell from the his snowmobile and was struck by another snowmobile driven by 41-year-old Todd Harrigan of Chateaugay. It happened on Upper Chateaugay Lake in Dannemora Friday night. No charges have been filed as police are waiting [...] Two Bay State snowmobilers were seriously injured when they crashed their sleds in Maine Sunday morning. Thomas Stewart, 38, of Westford, Mass., and Thomas Henry, 37, of Methuen, Mass., were leaving Rangeley Lake at about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday when they crashed along a snowmobile trail, according to the Maine Warden Service.Stewart, who was wearing [...] ROCKFORD – A 33-year-old resident of Greene was killed while snowmobiling Saturday afternoon. According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Jamie Fox was operating a snowmobile on a trail one mile south of Rockford. She reportedly fell off after losing control and was struck by a snowmobile operated by Michelle Ruzicka, 34, of Marble Rock. The [...] The Wisconsin Assembly has voted to make the night-time speed limit for snowmobiles permanent. A temporary 55-mile-an-hour limit is due to expire in July. It would stay at 55 under a bill passed yesterday. It now goes to the Senate. The Assembly also voted to allow the Legislature to meet somewhere else – or even on [...] THE FORKS, Maine — A Maine man has died in a snowmobile crash, along with a fire chief who was on his way to rescue him. The Maine Warden Service said Jason Dodge, 37, crashed into a tree Friday night on a groomed trail in The Forks. While on the way to the scene, The [...] DANNEMORA — The man who died in a snowmobile accident Friday night will be sorely missed by those who knew him. Everett J. Willis, 41, of Brainardsville was killed in the accident that happened at about 10:24 p.m. Friday near Boomhower Road, which runs along the southeastern end of the lake. William Willis, also of Brainardsville, said [...] PORTAGE TOWNSHIP — Two snowmobiles collided, and one person died Saturday night. It happened in Houghton County at the Range Snowmobile Club in Portage Township. According to the Houghton County Sheriff’s Department, a 26-year-old Houghton man was snowmobiling across a clearing near the club, when he slammed into another sled. 21-year-old Amanda Briggs of Lake Linden was driving [...] RANGELEY, Maine (AP) ? The Maine Warden Service is investigating three snowmobile accidents that left four people seriously injured. Two Massachusetts men were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after two accidents at 2:30 a.m. Sunday in Rangeley. Wardens say one of the men’s machines [...] MONROE, Wis. (AP) – A 44-year-old woman suspected of drunken snowmobiling after a crash in southern Wisconsin tells Green County sheriff’s deputies the sled wouldn’t stop. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that on Saturday afternoon the woman was driving her snowmobile across a field when she claims she found it wouldn’t stop. The snowmobile struck a parked [...] HUSTISFORD — A Hustisford man was rescued from Lake Sinissippi Sunday afternoon after his snowmobile broke through thin ice. Scott B. Davis, 51, was conscious and alert when Hustisford Fire Department ice rescue workers and first responders pulled him from the water. He was transported to Hartford Memorial Hospital for treatment due to hypothermia concerns, according [...] EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (AP)- A North Dakota man has been hospitalized following a snowmobile crash on a ridge along the Red River in East Grand Forks. Authorities identified him as 36-year-old Todd Franks of Grand Forks, N.D. East Grand Forks police say Franks was speeding when his snowmobile hit a ridge and went airborne for 60 [...] Speed, alcohol blamed in many Michigan fatalities Speed, inexperience and alcohol were common denominators in most of the 17 snowmobile fatalities recorded in Michigan so far this season, officials say. Two, speed and alcohol, appear to have played a role in Saturday’s crash that killed James Daniel Barkley of Dearborn Heights, authorities [...] A Bagley, Minn., teenager was injured this morning when the snowmobile he was driving in a ditch along U.S. Highway 2 hit the front of a car pulling out of a driveway in Bagley. According to the State Patrol, Justen Rasmussen, 17, was driving a 1996 Arctic Cat east in the north ditch of Highway 2 [...] FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – Emergency responders have recovered the body of an 11-year-old boy who fell off a snowmobile and slipped under the ice of the Chena River near downtown Fairbanks. The body of Peter Demoski was recovered just before 3 a.m. Wednesday. The boy and a 10-year-old friend were riding snowmobiles on the river at about [...] MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? The Wisconsin Assembly is expected to vote Thursday on a plan to make permanent a 55 mile-per-hour speed limit on snowmobiles after dark. The speed limit has been in place off and on since 2006 but will expire July 1 if lawmakers don’t act. Supporters say the limit helps reduce the number [...] Charlottetown Police Services have identified and charged three men in relation to the death of a fox on the northern outskirts of the city last month. A 39-year-old man from Dansville was pronounced dead at Helen Newberry Joy Hospital Friday night, February 26, after apparently losing control of his snowmobile and crashing into several trees near Curtis, according to the Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office. Snowmobile experts have identified two of the machines driven in a crash last month that killed a family dog on Minnesota’s Pelican Lake. After receiving help to digitally enhance photos of two of three snowmobilers, James Larson said experts told him the machines involved were a 1996 ZR-580 Arctic Cat and a 2003 F-7 Firecat. In addition, [...] FORT KENT, Maine — The calendar says Maine is in the depths of winter, but anyone who spends time outdoors will tell you conditions are feeling a bit more like spring. Warmer than average temperatures over the past several weeks have created conditions normally not seen until April, leaving some wondering whether the state’s economically important [...] CLYMER—An Orchard Park man was treated in WCA Hospital, Jamestown, for head injuries after a snowmobile crash on a trail in Clymer on Monday afternoon, Chautauqua County sheriff’s officials said. Kevin P. Donohue, 27, of Old Orchard Lane, was traveling on a snowmobile at about 1:15 p. m. Monday when he was ejected, striking the ground [...] |
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