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Snowmobile fatality in Luce County

LUCE COUNTY, MI— An Indiana man was killed in a single-snowmobile accident in Luce County last week.

Wednesday around 9 p.m., Michigan State Police from the Sault Ste. Marie Post were dispatched to Devil’s Hollow Lake trail and County Road 371. A snowmobile driven by Robert Huffmaster, 49, of Valparaiso went off the trail and struck a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash.

Officers from the Michigan DNR and Luce County EMS assisted at the scene.

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.