Snowmobiler involved in Chippewa County crash dies at hospital
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Press Release
Jan. 13, 2021
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A Huron County man who crashed his snowmobile in Chippewa County earlier this month died Jan. 8 at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.
Richard David Dufty, 55, of Caseville succumbed to injuries he suffered in the Jan. 2 crash along Snowmobile Trail UP 472 (Bobby Gay Truck Trail), in the Hiawatha National Forest, northeast of Trout Lake.
Dufty was riding a 2017 Ski-Doo MXZ XRS 800 E-tec snowmobile within a group of six riders traveling west on the trail.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Mike Olesen and Sgt. Calvin Smith were dispatched to the crash site at 3:35 p.m. EST.
A Huron County man who crashed his snowmobile in Chippewa County earlier this month died Jan. 8 at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.Richard David Dufty, 55 of Cassville, succumbed to injuries he suffered in a snowmobile crash along Snowmobile Trail UP 472 in the Hiawatha National Forest northeast of Trout Lake on Jan. 2. Dufty was riding a 2017 Ski-Doo with a group of six riders traveling west on the trail.Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Mike Olesen and sergeant
Jan 12, 2021
YOUNGSTOWN Barbara Jean McRae Smith, daughter of the late Mildred McRae Watson and Anthony Hall, and raised by her mother and stepfather, John Watson, was born March 25, 1939, in Youngstown. She transitioned from this life to her heavenly home on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, from complications of COVID-19.
Barbara attended North High School, and later she received her cosmetology license.
She had been employed as a hair stylist at BJ’s Hair Salon before becoming an independent stylist with her own salon, Nicolette Beauty Salon. She also had a cleaning business that catered to cleaning senior citizens’ homes. She later bought a house big enough to provide elderly care in her home.
Michigan man dies after end-over-end snowmobile crash
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
ROYAL OAK, MI – A 55-year-old man is dead after crashing his snowmobile into several trees, causing an end-over-end flip that ejected him from the vehicle.
Richard David Dufty, of Cassville, succumbed to his injuries on Jan. 8 at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. Dufty’s death represents the fourth fatal snowmobile crash in Michigan this winter, according to a news release from the Department of Natural Resources.
On Jan. 2, Dufty was riding with a group of six, authorities said. They were westbound on Snowmobile Trail UP 472 (Bobby Gay Truck Trail) in the Hiawatha National Forest.