ThorSport Racing crew member Kitrick Schrader was injured in a snowmobile accident Saturday January 9. Schrader was en route to meet friends for a late night snowmobile ride when he collided with a fire hydrant hidden in drifting snow, causing serious injuries to his left leg, hip, and pelvis. Schrader...
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Woman killed in snowmobile accident lived life with no regrets
A Christmas letter Amanda Bergstrom wrote to family and friends paints a picture of someone at peace with herself no matter what may lie ahead in the future. “I know that if I die tomorrow and get to take my ride on angel’s wings, I will do it with style...
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Tributes pour out for woman killed in snowmobile accident
Friends have taken to the Internet to mourn the death of a 19-year-old woman who was killed early Sunday morning in a snowmobile accident in Amherstburg. n Facebook, the online social networking site, more than 1,500 people have joined a group to remember Corey Meloche, calling her death “a tragic...
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Jaffrey man injured in snowmobile crash
JAFFREY – A young man was seriously injured when he was thrown from his snowmobile Tuesday afternoon, a state Fish and Game officer said. Cody Gordon, 19, of Jaffrey, was flown by helicopter to UMass Medical Center in Worcester following the accident. As of Wednesday morning his condition was improving,...
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Father and son hit barbed-wire fence at high speed
A father and son snowmobile excursion took a tragic turn Saturday evening when their vehicles collided with a barbed wire fence. Devon O’Donnell, 16, was killed in the crash, while his father Preston O’Donnell suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. Preston was released from the Miramichi Regional Hospital yesterday and is...
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Five-year-old girl dies in Edmonton-area snowmobile crash
EDMONTON — A five-year-old girl is dead after the snowmobile she was riding crashed into a tree in Strathcona County, RCMP said Sunday. According to police, the girl and her 36-year-old father were riding the snowmobile in a wooded area in the Brookville Estates subdivision in east central Strathcona County...
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Upstate NY man killed in snowmobile crash
HERKIMER, N.Y. (AP) – State police say a Herkimer man has been killed in a snowmobile accident. They say 36-year-old Kevin Gullis was riding on a trail in Herkimer when he failed to negotiate a curve, ran off the trail and was thrown from the sled when it hit the...
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Lindstrom man collides with tree
City Center, MN – A man is in the intensive care unit after hitting a tree on a snowmobile in Chisago County, east of Center City. The Chisago County Sheriff’s Office said the accident happened on a snowmobile trail around 7 p.m., Saturday. The driver, Kurt Clarence Kowarsch, 31, of...
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Area man killed in snowmobile accident
A Bonnechere Valley man was killed in a snowmobile accident near Eganville Friday. Jason Parent, 33, of Lake Clear, was operating a 2006 Skidoo when he collided with a tree stump in the area of Lake Clear at around 3:30 p.m. The impact ejected Mr. Parent from the vehicle. Lake...
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Police investigate serious snowmobile accident near Alto
LOWELL TOWNSHIP — Police are investigating a serious snowmobile accident early this morning near Alto in southeast Kent County. Initial reports indicated two people were riding on a snowmobile when it struck a fence about 2:30 a.m. along Timpson Avenue SE near 52nd Street. Police shut down the road for...
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