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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.
Joshua P. Smith, 38, seriously injured after crashing his snowmobile into tree in Dunkirk, Wisconsin
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Monday, January 20, 2014Area:
Madison, WIA 38-year-old Stoughton man was seriously injured Monday night when his snowmobile crashed into a pine tree.
Joshua P. Smith was snowmobiling about 10 p.m. on private property in the Town of Dunkirk when he tried to cut between some pine trees, according to the Dane County Sheriff's Office.
He hit one of trees, was thrown from the snowmobile and flew head-first into another tree. Smith was taken to the University of Wisconsin Hospital. He was wearing a helmet and is expected to recover.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013Area:
Milwaukee, WIA 19-year-old Wisconsin man is dead after a single-vehicle crash on New Year’s Day.
The St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office was called to the 1600 block of Highway A in Richmond, Wis., around 5:18 a.m. Wednesday.
Officials say 19-year-old Taylor Casey of Hudson was driving southbound on the highway when he lost control of the Mercedes Benz SUV and went into a ditch, rolling the vehicle.
Casey was partially ejected and was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff’s office says he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt at the time.
His passenger, 19-year-old Antonio Bloomquist of Hudson, was not injured.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013Area:
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MNTwo children were killed, and three other people were hurt after a truck and an SUV collided yesterday in Oak Grove Township at the interesection of Hwy. 35 and 468th Ave.
An 11-year-old girl in the SUV died at the scene and another passenger -- a five-year-old girl -- died later at a hospital. The crash happened about 3:40 yesterday afternoon.