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2 dead in snowmobile accident

MARENISCO — Two people were killed Friday evening in a head-on collision of two snowmobiles on Lake Gogebic Friday evening.

Troopers from the Michigan State Police Wakefield Post along with deputies from the Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to the call of a snowmobile personal injury accident at 7:12 p.m.

The accident occurred on Lake Gogebic near the Lake Gogebic State Park, approximately 500 feet from shore, according to a Michigan State Police report.

“A 23-year-old male from Riverton Ill., was involved in a head-on collision with a snowmobile driven by a 53-year...