Always sad to see these stories, prayers for the family.
TOWN OF WORCESTER, Wis. (AP) - Authorities in north-central Wisconsin are investigating a snowmobile crash that left a 70-year-old woman dead.
The Price County Sheriff's Department says the initial investigation shows that her snowmobile went off a trail, hit a wire and then a tree just after 3 p.m. Saturday. It happened on a public trail east of Phillips in the Town of Worcester. She died at the scene.
The woman's name was not immediately released.
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This one from the Racine area...
Authorities say speed and alcohol were factors in the death of a snowmobiler who crashed into a tree in Racine County in southeastern Wisconsin.
Juan Gomez of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the DNR got a call about 10:30 a.m. Saturday that a body had been found in Caledonia.
The man, in his 50s, was last seen by family members around 9 p.m. Friday on his snowmobile. He was found by a family friend sometime before 10 a.m. Saturday.
Toxicology reports are pending, but Gomez says investigators confirmed the man had been drinking. He was not wearing a helmet. His name was not immediately released.
While icy conditions may have played a role, Gomez says, speed and alcohol were the main factors.
Tough weekend, that's two families with empty chairs.
TOWN OF WORCESTER, Wis. (AP) - Authorities in north-central Wisconsin are investigating a snowmobile crash that left a 70-year-old woman dead.
The Price County Sheriff's Department says the initial investigation shows that her snowmobile went off a trail, hit a wire and then a tree just after 3 p.m. Saturday. It happened on a public trail east of Phillips in the Town of Worcester. She died at the scene.
The woman's name was not immediately released.
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This one from the Racine area...
Authorities say speed and alcohol were factors in the death of a snowmobiler who crashed into a tree in Racine County in southeastern Wisconsin.
Juan Gomez of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the DNR got a call about 10:30 a.m. Saturday that a body had been found in Caledonia.
The man, in his 50s, was last seen by family members around 9 p.m. Friday on his snowmobile. He was found by a family friend sometime before 10 a.m. Saturday.
Toxicology reports are pending, but Gomez says investigators confirmed the man had been drinking. He was not wearing a helmet. His name was not immediately released.
While icy conditions may have played a role, Gomez says, speed and alcohol were the main factors.
Tough weekend, that's two families with empty chairs.
