{"id":3807,"date":"2011-02-23T05:43:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T10:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=3807"},"modified":"2011-02-23T05:43:46","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T10:43:46","slug":"morning-read-a-deadly-snowmobile-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2011\/02\/23\/morning-read-a-deadly-snowmobile-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Read: A deadly snowmobile winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has already been a steady drumbeat of snowmobile fatalities this winter, and in this morning’s Watertown Daily Times, Steve Virkler gives a synopsis of the picture in Lewis County.<\/p>\n

With the fourth snowmobile-related fatality of the winter Monday afternoon, Lewis County is in the midst of its deadliest season on record, and officials are urging caution in hopes of avoiding further tragedies.<\/p>\n

“Be cautious,” Lewis County Sheriff L. Michael Tabolt said. “Watch your speed. Wear a helmet. Watch for your surroundings. And use common sense, too.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, the Utica Observer-Dispatch<\/a> is reporting that a total of seven people have died on sleds in their area, which includes Lewis County.<\/p>\n

A Rochester-area teen became the seventh person in the region to be killed in a snowmobile accident this year.<\/p>\n

Daniel DeSanctis, 16, of Webster, was operating a snowmobile on the Osceola-Michigan Mills trail at about 2:45 p.m. Monday when he lost control of his sled and veered off the trail, according to Lewis County sheriff\u2019s deputies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And just last weekend, a Malta man named Boris Alvarez died in a crash in Washington County<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Police reported that speed and alcohol were factors in the crash, but the investigation into the crash and a toxicology report are pending. An autopsy performed at Glens Falls Hospital determined that Alvarez died of internal injuries to his chest and abdomen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So what do you think?\u00a0 Is this the unavoidable side-effect of a popular outdoor sport?\u00a0 Evidence of unsafe equipment and riding practices?\u00a0 Bluntly, it seems to me that so many bodies warrant some tough questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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