MADISON (WKOW)– The Department of Natural Resources is reminding of the increased dangers of snowmobiling while drunk or speeding.
A Vernon teen who was in a coma for three days after being thrown from a snowmobile has died.
17-year-old Chelsey Lobenhober was riding on the back of the snowmobile Wednesday in Waukesha County when the speeding driver lost control and swerved to avoid a car on the lake.
The DNR reports, as of December 21st, there have been three fatal snowmobile crashes so far this snowmobile season.
The first one in Oconto County where a 31-year-old man died.
The second in Oneida County where a 20-year-old woman died.
Alcohol was a factor in that crash.
In Crawford County, a snowmobile was hit by a pickup truck, killing a 41-year-old man.
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