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EAGLE RIVER, WI (WSAU) — One person is dead after their snowmobile went through the ice in Eagle River.
The Vilas County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that the crash happened just before 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Officials say the person identified as 40-year-old Gregory Parkinson of Tomahawk, went off the trail on Catfish Lake before they came across a thin layer of ice and an open body of water.
Search and rescue crews found the operator underwater and unresponsive. Officials said the operator was transported to a local hospital where life-saving efforts were unsuccessful.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing with more information expected to be released at a later date.
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