ELY TOWNSHIP, MI-- A Minnesota man has been seriously injured in an Ely Township snowmobile accident.
Troopers from the Negaunee Post were called Wednesday at 1 p.m. to Trail 8 near County Road 496 in the Diorite location. They say Kent Holtz, 46, of Becker was following another snowmobile and driving through the snow it kicked up when he lost control of his own machine. He drove off the trail and crashed into a tree.
Because the trail is so close to tracks emergency responders had to notify Canadian National Railroad to slow a train that was scheduled to travel through the crash area.
Holtz was taken to U.P. Health System Bell for treatment of his injuries.
