CALUMET TOWNSHIP, MI-- A Wisconsin man has died in a snowmobile accident in Houghton County.
State Police from the Calumet Post say the crash happened Tuesday around 1:30 p.m. in Calumet Township. Christopher Scott Houchin, 21, of Salem, Wisconsin was southbound on Trail #3 near Copper City when his snowmobile left the trail and struck a tree.
Houchin was taken to UP Health System Portage, where he was pronounced dead.
The cause of the accident is under investigation, but officials say alcohol is not believed to be a factor.
Assisting at the scene were the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Department, Houghton County Sheriff’s Department, Laurium Police Department, DNR Law Enforcement officers, the Calumet Township First Responders, and Keweenaw Trail Service.
