AUTRAIN, MI A downstate teen has died in a snowmobile accident in AuTrain.
Saturday around 6:15 p.m. Alger County Dispatch received several calls reporting a snowmobile accident on Trail #7. The Alger County Sheriff’s Office, Alger EMS, Rescue 21, the DNR and Guardian Flight responded.
Investigation determined the driver, 16-year-old Thomas Watson of Alma, failed to negotiate a curve and struck several trees. Watson was taken to Munising Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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WAGNER, WI A Wisconsin man was killed in a snowmobile accident in Marinette County over the weekend.
Saturday just before midnight a snowmobiler called 911 to say they had come across another snowmobile that had left the trail and struck a tree in the town of Wagner. The body of Tony Camps, 46, of Porterfield was found nearby.
Sheriff’s deputies, DNR officers, Wausakee Rescue and the Wagner Fire Department responded to the scene. Officials pronounced Camps dead of head and internal injuries.
Speed and alcohol appear to be factors in the crash, which remains under investigation.
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