John Holland, 43, dead after striking a gate with his snowmobile in Pontiac State Recreation Area in White Lake Township, Michigan

Modified Date: 
Tue, 10/06/2015 - 9:35am
Accident Date: 
Monday, February 2, 2015

Police: 3 men killed in separate Michigan snowmobile crashes

Authorities say three men who went snowmobiling during a snowstorm have died in separate crashes.

Authorities identify 3 killed in separate snowmobile crashes

Police initially said the trail was for nonmotorized use, but later said snowmobiles are permitted.

Waterford man dies in White Lake snowmobile accident

Snowmobiling is permitted in Pontiac State Recreation Area, said Ron Olson, DNR parks and recreation chief, but there are no groomed snowmobile trails.
According to police in White Lake Township, Oakland county, a 43-year-old Waterford Township man was snowmobiling with others on a trail in the Pontiac State Recreation Area when he hit a gate and died at around 1:20 a.m. Monday. The man was later identified as John Holland.
Topics: 
Snowmobile
People Involved: 
John Holland

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Would like to send a card to the family of John Holland who died in a snomobile accident on Feb. 2. Our son died in a snowmobiling accident in 2012 and we wanted to share our sympathy wuth John's family. Is there any contact info?

I just went to his funeral my bf and i were good friends of his

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