Snowmobile Fatalities In WI Down This Winter So Far

VILAS COUNTY, Wis. (Midwest Communications) - At least 16 people have died in Wisconsin snowmobile crashes this winter – 3 fewer than on this date a year ago.

The two most recent victims were killed in far northern Wisconsin. Vilas County authorities said 26-year-old Dustin Thomas of Bloomingdale Illinois died after his snowmobile hit a tree in Boulder Junction. And in Forest County, 65-year-old Gordon Gregory of Greenville died after his machine hit a tree near Wabeno. Both accidents occurred on Friday.

The state's death toll is 7 fewer than last winter's total of 23.