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Snowmobile rider killed

WAKEFIELD – A 38-year-old Indiana man has died from injuries suffered in a Monday snowmobile crash near Ewen.

At 7:49 p.m., Michigan State Police troopers from the Wakefield Post responded to a snowmobile accident on Trail No. 8, just east of Ewen.

Chad E. Keifer of West Lafayette, Ind., was southbound on the trail when he failed to negotiate a turn and drove off an embankment, troopers said.

Troopers said the snowmobile then impacted the side of the roadway, crossed M-28 and continued to travel off the roadway.

Keifer was transported by Sonco Ambulance and Beacon Ambulance to Aspirus Grand View Hospital in Ironwood, where he later succumbed to his injuries, troopers said.

Alcohol and speed are believed to be factors in the accident.

The Ewen Fire Department also assisted at the scene.

Snowmobile rider killed

SAYNER, Wis. (AP) – Authorities say a Pewaukee man has died in a snowmobile accident in northern Wisconsin.

The Vilas County sheriff’s office says 34-year-old Jason Ringle was driving a snowmobile on a trail Saturday when he fell off the machine and was struck from behind by another snowmobile in his group.

The accident happened on a snowmobile trail off of Birch Spring Road in Plum Lake Township.

The crash remains under investigation.

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