Traverse City — Northwestern Michigan snowmobile trails are sloppy, muddy and falling apart, their disrepair a signal of the end to a season marked by limited snowfall and six fatalities. That’s one less regional snowmobile death than last year and comprises about a quarter of the state’s 23 recorded snowmobile...
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17 snowmobilers killed this season (MI)
Speed, alcohol blamed in many Michigan fatalities Christine Ferretti / The Detroit News Speed, inexperience and alcohol were common denominators in most of the 17 snowmobile fatalities recorded in Michigan so far this season, officials say. Two, speed and alcohol, appear to have played a role in Saturday’s crash that...
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