DNR: 25 snowmobilers killed in crashes during the season
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - Some places in extreme northern Wisconsin have up to 14 inches of new snow, but a state safety expert still says the snowmobiling season is officially over.
Gary Eddy of the state Department of Natural Resources says 25 riders died in crashes this season. That's one fewer fatality than a year ago and two fewer than the 10-year average of 27.
Eddy attributes the drop in fatalities, in part, to a nighttime speed limit of 55 miles per hour. He says at least 16 of the deaths this winter involved alcohol.
The National Weather Service says 14 inches of snow fell in extreme northern Iron County in the storm that moved across the state overnight.
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Apr 1, 2008 at 1:13 p.m.
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The next time that snowmobilers try to put an to the December T-zone deer hunt claiming it is too dangerous to them, they ought to take a look at their own behavior.
Apr 1, 2008 at 12:46 p.m.
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If a DNR expert in Madison looks out his office window and doesn't see any snow, then he draws from his vast expertise on the subject and declares, for the benefit of the ignorant masses, an end to the snowmobile season. Mean time, in Tomahawk, Joe Sixpack is fueling up his sled and wondering just who is it that decides who qualifies as an expert. Or, maybe the saftey expert is geographically challenged.
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