CARTHAGE (AP) — The Maine Warden Service says a snowmobile rider has died in the town of Carthage, representing the eighth snowmobile death of the season.
Wardens say Thomas Henderson, 28, of Dixfield was pronounced dead at the scene Friday.
They say Henderson’s passenger jumped off the snowmobile, saving himself, before the machine missed a curve and crashed into trees. Wardens believe speed and alcohol were factors.
Wardens reiterated a warning for riders to slow down.
They say trails are busy because a lack of snow elsewhere in New England is luring riders to Maine.
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