Created: February 28, 2021 03:16 PM
The Iron County Sheriff s Office says a 50-year-old man was killed in a snowmobile accident on Saturday night.
The sheriff s office says around 11:15 Saturday night they received a report of an unconscious male lying on Old Highway 61 in the Town of Mercer.
The sheriff s office says they received further information the man was driving his snowmobile with a group, and had been thrown from it in the roadway.
He was said to be unconscious, but breathing.
When emergency personnel arrived on scene, the man stopped breathing, the sheriff s office says.
Lifesaving measures were attempted, but unsuccessful.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His identity was not released.