NORTH TONAWANDA—A Pendleton man whose car fatally collided with a snowmobile in a snowstorm was placed on three years’ probation and fined $500 Thursday by City Judge William R. Lewis. John E. H. McDonald, 23, had been convicted of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated in a nonjury trial. David J. Munter,...
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Houghton man charged in snowmobile death
HOUGHTON — Charges have been filed against a Houghton man involved in a fatal snowmobile crash earlier this year. According to the Houghton County Prosecutor’s office, 26-year-old Christopher Puuri has been charged with negligent operation of a snowmobile causing serious injury or death. On March 6, Puuri was driving a...
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Community mourns snowmobiler
Three and a half months of uncertainty came to end Tuesday night when a discovery confirmed what many had long feared: teenage snowmobiler Richard “Shaw” Jackson had plunged into the frigid waters of China Lake on his way home from work. Jackson’s body was found by two fishermen around 6...
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Deceased Male Found
On April 12th 2010, the Superior East OPP, OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit, OPP helicopter and 2 MNR boats returned to the scene on Manitowik Lake to continue the search for 46 year old, Daniel Boisseneau of Hawk Junction who went missing on December 10th 2009 while driving a...
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Snowmobile accident claims life of 76-year-old Joseph man
JOSEPH — A Joseph man was killed in a snowmobile accident Friday on upper Ski Run Road. Olin Peach, 76, died at the scene of the mishap, Sheriff Fred Steen said. Peach was riding the snowmobile Friday afternoon near his home and was expected for a visit at a friend’s...
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Snowmobiler dies in avalanche in Morgan County
DAVIS COUNTY, Utah – A snowmobiler is dead after triggering an avalanche in Morgan County Sunday afternoon. Two friends were snowmobiling on the north side of Francis Peak when 43-year-old, Lee Gardner went too high next to a cornice and triggered the slide that swept him away. Gardner’s friend located...
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Snowmobile passenger dies
LONGLAC, Ont. — A northern Ontario man is dead after the snowmobile on which he was a passenger plunged through thin ice. Provincial police officers recovered the body of Lucien Dubeault, 48, on Sunday from Upper Jobrin Lake. Police say the Cochrane, Ont., man was among a party of three...
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Victim of fatal snowmobile crash identified
MARKLEEVILLE, Calif.—A Bay Area man has been identified by the Alpine County Sheriff’s Department as the victim of a fatal snowmobile accident. Oakley resident Kevin Robert Rudnicki died in a single-vehicle crash at about 12:40 a.m. on Thursday. He was 43 years old. The cause of the crash which occurred...
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2 die as avalanche hits snowmobile rally in Canada
Reporting from Seattle — At least two people were killed and 30 injured after a massive avalanche smothered a high-risk snowmobile rally in southern British Columbia, police said Sunday. “It’s certainly a small miracle that we didn’t end up with a complete, massive group buried under the snow,” said Cpl....
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Water skipping turns fatal
A 17-year-old boy is dead after he attempted to skip over open water on his snow machine this past weekend. Sioux Lookout detachment OPP officers say they responded to a 911 call just before 8 p.m. Saturday of a snow machine going through the ice near Frog Rapids bridge on...
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