CRYSTAL FALLS, MI-- An Arizona man was injured in a snowmobile accident in Iron County over the weekend.
Sheriff’s deputies say the accident happened Saturday around 2:30 p.m. just south of M-69 in Crystal Falls. They say Gerard Schira, 54, of Chandler, Arizona was northbound on trail 113 when he lost control of his machine and struck a tree.
He was taken to Northstar Health System for treatment of a suspected broken leg.
Officials say speed was likely a factor in the crash. They say he had not been drinking.
