2 Injured In Snowmobile, Camper Crash

SnowmobilingNews.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:51:56 +0000

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.

Snowmobile crash ruled an accident

SnowmobilingNews.com — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:34:51 +0000

SHIRLEY — Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone’s office announced yesterday that the investigation into Sunday’s fatal snowmobile crash is closed and that it has been ruled an accident.

Michael O’Clair, 21, of Shirley, died at the scene after the snowmobile he was driving along the right-of-way for overhead power lines between Mount Henry and Leominster roads went off a sharp embankment, crashed into tree limbs and fell 40 feet.

His passenger, Jennifer Testa, 26, of Pepperell, was listed in critical condition yesterday at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.

A Leone spokeswoman, declined to discuss details.

Police found a helmet near Testa, but did not find one for O’Clair at the crash scene. State law requires that snowmobile riders wear helmets.

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2 Injured In Snowmobile, Camper Crash

Snowmobile crash ruled an accident