MCMILLAN TOWNSHIP, MI-- Speed and alcohol are believed to be factors in a fatal snowmobile accident in Ontonagon County.
Troopers from the Wakefield and Calumet posts were called Thursday at 11:56 p.m. to Trail #8 in McMillan Township east of Ewen.
They say Brandon Louis Laubenthal, 31, of Bancroft, Iowa was westbound when his machine left the northern side of a trail and hit a tree.
Laubenthal was taken to Aspirus Grandview Hospital, where he later died of his injuries.
The accident remains under investigation.
