MARENISCO TOWNSHIP, MI— A Minnesota woman has been killed in a snowmobile accident in Gogebic County.
Sheriff’s deputies say it happened Friday around 7:45 p.m. on Trail #2, about seven miles east of M-64 in Marenisco Township. The 26-year-old was traveling westbound when she failed to negotiate a slight curve. The snowmobile went off the trail and she was ejected.
The victim’s father and a friend administered CPR until paramedics arrived and attempted lifesaving measures, but the woman died of her injuries.
Speed is believed to be a contributing factor in the accident, which remains under investigation.