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Friday, February 21, 2014Area:
Milwaukee, WIA missing snowmobiler was found dead after he apparently crashed on an ice-covered lake in Walworth County over the weekend.
Searchers were called to Lake Delavan around 8 a.m. Sunday to look for the 51-year-old man who had been missing about 12 hours.
Investigators said the man's family found his snowmobile out on the frozen lake Sunday morning and called police.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014Area:
Milwaukee, WIA snowmobiler crashed into a tree on a trail in Kansasville Thursday night, leaving the driver unconscious with serious head injuries, according to a release from the Racine County Sheriff's Office.
The incident occurred about 11:30 p.m. near the intersection of Highway 11 and Highway 75. The driver, who was wearing a helmet, missed a curve, went off trail and was ejected toward the tree. He had to be flown to Froedtert Hospital via Flight for Life.
Speed and alcohol were believed to be factors.
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Friday, January 31, 2014Area:
Marquette, MIThe Florence County Sheriff's Office says a De Pere man has died in a snowmobile crash in northeastern Wisconsin.
The accident happened just before 2 a.m. Saturday in the Town of Tipler.
Authorities say the snowmobile went off a road and hit a tree. The victim was identified as 48-year-old Russell Krause of De Pere. Officials say he was wearing a helmet at the time, but died on impact.
The sheriff's office says alcohol and speed were contributing factors in the crash.
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Friday, January 24, 2014Area:
Green Bay-Appleton, WIA 39-year-old Colfax man was killed while snowmobiling when he crashed into a tree in Chippewa County.
Jason D. Schauer died in a crash at 2284 Highway 40 in Howard that occurred about 2:40 a.m. Saturday.
Two other people who were snowmobiling with Schauer, but on separate vehicles, were cited for being drunk while snowmobiling. The incident remains under investigation.
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014Area:
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MNOne of two snowmobiles riding together crashed into an unoccupied ice fishing trailer on a western Wisconsin lake late at night, killing a 20-year-old woman riding behind the drunken operator on the trailing machine, authorities said Thursday.
The crash occurred about 10 p.m. Wednesday on Bone Lake, southeast of Luck, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
The woman suffered “severe head injuries” despite wearing a helmet, the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.