SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP, MI-- Another Minnesota man has been injured in a U.P. snowmobile accident.
Troopers from the Calumet Post say it happened Friday at 2:37a.m. about a mile south of Gas Plant Road in Houghton County’s Schoolcraft Township.
Preliminary investigation indicates the 49-year-old male driver from Andover, Minnesota failed to negotiate a turn on Trail #3. The machine went off the trail and struck some trees.
The man was taken to Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital for treatment. Once in stable condition, the victim was airlifted to a trauma center in Minnesota.
Alcohol and speed are believed to be factors in the accident.
