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There were conflicting reports this week about what happened when a well-known rancher in the Snyderville Basin had his teeth and jaw injured by a cable while riding a snowmobile on land he owns at The Canyons. Basin resident Stephen Osguthorpe, 61, claimed he did not see what knocked him off his [...] NORTH TONAWANDA—A Pendleton man whose car fatally collided with a snowmobile in a snowstorm was placed on three years’ probation and fined $500 Thursday by City Judge William R. Lewis. John E. H. McDonald, 23, had been convicted of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated in a nonjury trial. David J. Munter, 32, of North [...] HOUGHTON — Charges have been filed against a Houghton man involved in a fatal snowmobile crash earlier this year. According to the Houghton County Prosecutor’s office, 26-year-old Christopher Puuri has been charged with negligent operation of a snowmobile causing serious injury or death. On March 6, Puuri was driving a snowmobile across a clearing near the Portage [...] Three and a half months of uncertainty came to end Tuesday night when a discovery confirmed what many had long feared: teenage snowmobiler Richard “Shaw” Jackson had plunged into the frigid waters of China Lake on his way home from work. Jackson’s body was found by two fishermen around 6 p.m. Tuesday in [...] On April 12th 2010, the Superior East OPP, OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit, OPP helicopter and 2 MNR boats returned to the scene on Manitowik Lake to continue the search for 46 year old, Daniel Boisseneau of Hawk Junction who went missing on December 10th 2009 while driving a snowmobile [...] JOSEPH — A Joseph man was killed in a snowmobile accident Friday on upper Ski Run Road. Olin Peach, 76, died at the scene of the mishap, Sheriff Fred Steen said. Peach was riding the snowmobile Friday afternoon near his home and was expected for a visit at a friend’s house, Steen said. When Peach [...] LONGLAC, Ont. — A northern Ontario man is dead after the snowmobile on which he was a passenger plunged through thin ice. Provincial police officers recovered the body of Lucien Dubeault, 48, on Sunday from Upper Jobrin Lake. Police say the Cochrane, Ont., man was among a party of three who had been fishing [...] CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – Family members of missing rural Cedar Rapids snowmobiler Martin Davis say sheriff’s deputies have asked them for his dental records to check against a body found near the Coralville Reservoir. Neither the Linn County nor the Johnson County Sheriff’s offices would comment Friday on the discovery of [...] MARKLEEVILLE, Calif.—A Bay Area man has been identified by the Alpine County Sheriff’s Department as the victim of a fatal snowmobile accident. Oakley resident Kevin Robert Rudnicki died in a single-vehicle crash at about 12:40 a.m. on Thursday. He was 43 years old. The cause of the crash which occurred near Utica [...] Reporting from Seattle — At least two people were killed and 30 injured after a massive avalanche smothered a high-risk snowmobile rally in southern British Columbia, police said Sunday. “It’s certainly a small miracle that we didn’t end up with a complete, massive group buried under the snow,” said Cpl. Dan Moskaluk [...] McCALL – Two snowmobilers were killed Tuesday afternoon in an avalanche near Brundage Mountain. According to preliminary reports, a group of snowmobilers from Colfax, were riding near Brundage when the avalanche occurred. Three people were caught in the avalanche. Officials say one rider was able to escape while two others were buried [...] A 17-year-old boy is dead after he attempted to skip over open water on his snow machine this past weekend. Sioux Lookout detachment OPP officers say they responded to a 911 call just before 8 p.m. Saturday of a snow machine going through the ice near Frog Rapids bridge on Highway 72. Mark Andrew Ruder, the driver involved in the snowmobile crash that resulted in the death of off-duty Alexandria Police Officer Patrick Callaghan, was sentenced Friday. Ruder, 25, of Alexandria was fined $90 and will pay another $85 in court fees. He won’t spend any time in jail. His conviction was deemed a petty [...] ctvwinnipeg.ca A 46-year-old man from The Pas died after a snowmobile crash on Tuesday morning, said RCMP. Police are continuing to investigate but said alcohol is believed to be a factor in the collision. Officers and emergency crews in The Pas were called around 11 a.m. to the crash at Young’s Point. Joseph Carriere, 46, [...] BOISE, Idaho — Valley County officials are investigating the death of a 55-year-old Washington state woman in a snowmobile crash. Witnesses say Linda Wunder of Roslyn, Wash., was riding with relatives and friends north of McCall on Monday afternoon when she went off the groomed trail and crashed into a tree. When the [...] A mother and daughter from Lake Oswego were seriously injured Monday at around 1:40 p.m. after their snowmobile hit a tree near the Bend watershed. Susan Wolf, 68, was driving a snowmobile with Elisabeth Feldesman, 17, as a passenger, when she lost control of the snowmobile at a turn, according to a [...] A man who died in a snowmobile crash near Aspen has been identified. Shane William Bennett, 31, of Portland, Ore., was snowmobiling Thursday with friends in the Lenado area when he hit a tree, according to the Pitkin County coroner’s office. People who were with Bennett performed CPR until paramedics arrived. The accident happened [...] An Eagle Bend, Minn., man is missing and presumed drowned after his snowmobile went through thin ice early Sunday night on the Ontario side of Lake of the Woods. According to a news release from the Ontario Provincial Police detachment in Kenora, Ont., Fred Bisel, 68, and another man were traveling in [...] A 63 year old man was killed in a snowmobile accident early Saturday morning near Jonathan’s Pond in Central Newfoundland. RCMP Sergeant Wayne Newell says the snowmobile struck some kind of obstruction on a trail, and the victim was thrown from the machine. A 44-year-old man who was also on the snowmobile remains in hospital in serious condition. A man died in [...] GANDER, N.L. – RCMP investigating a fatal snowmobiling accident in central Newfoundland said it’s believed the driver hit an embankment, causing the machine to go airborne. The driver, a 63-year-old man, was killed in the incident Saturday in a remote wooded area near Gander known as Jonathan’s Pond. Sgt. Wayne Newell said the [...] |
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