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Teen critically injured in Luce County snowmobile accident

PENTLAND TOWNSHIP, MI— A Macomb County teen was critically injured when his snowmobile was struck by a minivan in Luce County on Saturday.

The crash happened at about 2:45 p.m. on M-28 and County Road 401 in Pentland Township.

A 15-year-old Harrison Township boy riding with his family tried to cross the highway but failed to yield for an eastbound minivan driven by a 63-year-old Newberry woman.

The woman was treated at the scene. The teen was taken to Helen Newberry Joy Hospital with serious head and numerous other injuries. He was airlifted to UPHS-Marquette for emergency surgery, then flown to U of M Hospital for further treatment. The boy remains in critical condition.

The accident remains under investigation.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.