2 Injured In Snowmobile, Camper Crash

Two Bay State snowmobilers were seriously injured when they crashed their sleds in Maine Sunday morning. Thomas Stewart, 38, of Westford, Mass., and Thomas Henry, 37, of Methuen, Mass., were leaving Rangeley Lake at about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday when they crashed along a snowmobile trail, according to the Maine Warden Service.Stewart, who was wearing a helmet, hit a parked camper trailer and suffered hip injuries. He was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington. His injuries were not considered to be life threatening, the warden service said.Henry, who also was wearing a helmet, saw Stewart’s crash and hit a group of trees trying to avoid the camper. He suffered two breaks in his left leg and other injures. He was taken by LifeFlight to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. His injuries are serious, but not considered to be life threatening, the warden service said.Both men were charged with reckless operation of a snowmobile, the warden service said.

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