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Wednesday, March 12, 2014Area:
Detroit, MIPolice say a snowmobiler has died after being struck by another snowmobile in Washtenaw County.
The crash happened around 12:30 a.m. Thursday in York Township, about 35 miles southwest of Detroit.
State police Sgt. Mark Thompson says two snowmobilers were riding on a road, with one following the other, and the first driver fell off and was struck by the second snowmobile. Thompson says the driver of the first snowmobile died at the scene.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014Area:
Portland-Auburn, MEA Franklin, Mass., woman was injured in a snowmobile crash Sunday afternoon in Milan.
Samantha Carneiro, 21, was operating a rented snowmobile when she went off into the soft snow around a sharp corner and crashed into some trees, officials from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said.
Carneiro was thrown from the machine and suffered a leg injury.
Rescue personnel treated Carneiro at the scene of the accident and transported her from the trail to a waiting ambulance that took her to Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014Area:
South Bend-Elkhart, INA man was hurt Sunday when the snowmobile he was riding on crashed and he was thrown from the vehicle. It happened around 6 a.m. on the eastern shoreline of Magician Lake in Silver Creek Township, northwest of Dowagiac, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014Area:
Chicago, ILA Merrillville man has been injured after his snowmobile struck a hard three-foot pile of snow.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says the accident occurred about 6 p.m. Sunday in Griffith, about 25 miles southeast of Chicago.
Conservation Officer Shawn Brown says 39-year-old John Budack was riding a snowmobile on a local bicycle trail when the vehicle struck a hard mound of snow, knocking him off.
Budack was taken to a hospital in Munster and was being treated for a possible broken leg and broken wrists.
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Sunday, March 2, 2014Vermont State Police say a New Hampshire woman suffered minor injuries when she drove a snowmobile into the side of a car.
Police say 40-year-old Heather King of Merrimack, N.H., was traveling west on a snowmobile trail in Danville on Saturday when she failed to yield for traffic on Kittredge Road and drove into the side of a car.
Both vehicles were damaged. The driver of the car was not hurt.
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Saturday, March 1, 2014Area:
Marquette, MIPolice have released the name of a Wisconsin man who died in a weekend snowmobile crash in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
State police say 37-year-old Chad Schlenvoght of Port Washington died following the crash about 2 a.m. Sunday in Dickinson County's Breitung Township. The site is about two miles northwest of Iron Mountain in the western Upper Peninsula.
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Saturday, March 1, 2014Authorities in southwestern Michigan say a 45-year-old man was killed when his snowmobile collided with a parked motor vehicle.
The Van Buren County sheriff’s department says the crash happened about 9:15 p.m. Saturday in Columbia Township. It’s about 25 miles northeast of Benton Harbor.
The sheriff identified the victim as Scott Friend of Decatur. The sheriff says deputies believe that Friend was riding along a road when he struck the back of a vehicle parked along the road.
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Friday, February 28, 2014Area:
Duluth, MN-Superior, WIA snowmobile accident Saturday claimed the life of a 53-year-old Eagan man, the Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office reported.
Paul R. Schanno II was operating a 2012 Polaris Rush on a trail north of Savanna Portage State Park about 4:40 p.m. Saturday when he collided with a tree at a curve in the trail. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Friday, February 28, 2014A 51-year-old Chelmsford, Mass., woman suffered serious injuries when she rolled her snowmobile on Highland Lake in Washington, officials said.
Joan Dillon lost control while making a turn on the ice Saturday afternoon, New Hampshire Fish and Game officials said.
An ambulance took Dillon to Concord Hospital, where her injuries are considered serious but not life-threatening. Investigators said Dillon's inexperience on the snowmobile was the main cause of her crash.
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Friday, February 28, 2014Area:
Portland-Auburn, MEA New Hampshire woman is recovering from injuries suffered when her snowmobile hit a rock wall on Lake Umbagog in Errol.
New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say 43-year-old Roxanne Bonney was traveling a high rate of speed across the lake when she struck exposed rocks and was thrown from her snowmobile.
She was taken by ambulance to Androscoggin Valley Hospital for treatment.
The accident happened at about 5 p.m. Saturday.