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Downstate man dies in Luce County snowmobile accident

MCMILLAN TOWNSHIP, MI--   Michigan State Police from the Sault Ste. Marie Post are investigating a fatal snowmobile accident in McMillan Township.

Officials say it happened Friday around 11:25 a.m. on Trail #9 near County Road 452. The driver, a 71-year-old Grand Haven man, lost control of his snowmobile. It ran off the road and hit a group of trees.

Troopers believe speed was a factor in the incident.

The Luce County Sheriff’s Office road and snowmobile patrol and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources 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.