A 67-year-old man died Wednesday in a rollover crash in St. Paul Park. It was one of at least 150 crashes reported as of Wednesday afternoon in the metro area as the region was dusted with snow. The fatal one-car crash happened about 4:30 p.m. on Hwy. 61 near 70th...
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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Woman flown from scene of snowmobile accident
A 20-year-old Chippewa Falls woman was airlifted from the scene of a snowmobile accident near the Barron-Rusk county line shortly before 1p.m. Sunday, according to the Rusk County Sheriff’s Department. Rusk County Sheriff David Kaminski said Ashley M. Schick reportedly sustained severe leg trauma when the snowmobile she was operating...
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Defective Equipment Causes Snowmobile To Crash Into Pick-Up Truck
A 14-year-old Cheboygan boy is thankful to only have bruises after his snowmobile collided with a moving pick-up truck in Mackinaw City. He says as he, his grandfather and friends waited to cross Nicolet Street, he accidentally hit the kill engine switch. When he turned the snowmobile back on, it...
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Snowmobile Accident Victim Remembered
There was a huge turnout to remember a teenage girl killed in a snowmobiling accident. Chelsey Lobenhofer’s young life ended out on a lake about 200 yards from the boat landing. It’s also where family and friends gathered for a candlelight vigil for the high school senior. 17 year Chelsey...
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Snowmobile Sales On The Rise
Snow may be white, but it`s green for some businesses. People are wasting no time taking advantage of the snow by busting out their snowmobiles. The sound of a reving engine sounds great to snowmobile enthusiasts. Last year`s snow was perfect for snowmobiles. This year`s shaping up to be another...
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Snowmobiling's Decade of Change
You might not realize how much snowmobiling has changed unless you stop and look back on the 21st Century's first 10 years. We admit being surprised at how sleds and the snowmobile experience evolve......
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Crash kills Itasca County snowmobiler
MARCELL, Minn. – A snowmobiler was killed when his sled left a trail and hit a tree Monday night. The crash happened on the Marcell Snowmobile Trail about a half-mile north of Itasca County Road 45. It was reported to the Itasca County Sheriff’s Office about 10:45 p.m. Sheriff Pat...
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Snowmobile crash sends man to VJH
A day of snowmobiling turned dangerous for a Vernon man Saturday. The man, who is believed to be in his mid-30s, was on Park Mountain Road, east of Lumby, when he lost control of his machine, left the road and hit a tree. “It was a pretty intense situation,” said...
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Esterhazy man, 21, dead following snowmobile accident
REGINA — A 21-year-old male from Esterhazy is dead following a snowmobile accident south of that community on Monday afternoon — the second fatal snowmobile crash in the province in less than two weeks. Esterhazy RCMP were called to the most recent accident at about 1:35 p.m. on Monday. Sgt....
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Snowmobilers to face liability changes
Changes to New Brunswick’s off-road vehicle legislation mean snowmobilers will soon have to take more responsibility for their actions. ‘Most people get in trouble because they make very poor decisions.’—Ross Antworth, N.B. Federation of Snowmobile Clubs In January, changes to the Off-Road Vehicles Act will protect snowmobile clubs and volunteers...
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