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Fatal Snowmobile Accident in Langlade County Published on 01/14/2020 under News

A snowmobiler has died following a weekend crash in Langlade County.

According to the Langlade County Sheriff's Office that crash happened Saturday night at shortly after 11pm in the Town of Price, Northeast of Antigo.

The DNR accident summary says the operator was thrown from the sled after losing control on an incline. They note that speed and alcohol may have been factors.

A deputy found the man on the scene with no pulse or breath. He was airlifted to a Wausau hospital and admitted to the intensive care unit.

The man later died. The victim's name was not released, but the sheriff's office confirmed the victim is a 56 year old man from Langlade County.

This is the fourth fatal snowmobile crash in Northern Wisconsin this year.

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