February 27, 2023 at 12:19 p.m.

Snowmobile accident in Little Rice results in fatality


By River News Staff-

One person was killed Friday night as the result of a two-snowmobile accident in southwestern Oneida County.

According to the Oneida Country Sheriff's Office, it received a 911 call at 6:59 p.m. Friday of a head-on crash between two sleds on Kelly Dam Road just north of Old 8 Road in the Town of Little Rice. One of the operators, a 55-year-old male, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The other operator was transported to Aspirus Hospital in Tomahawk with what the sheriff's office said "appeared to be non-life threatening injuries."

The sheriff's office stated the name of the deceased was being withheld pending the notification of family.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is completing the accident report. Little Rice Fire Department, Little Rice first responders, Nokomis Fire Department, DNR, Oneida County Ambulance Service and the Oneida County Medical Examiner's Department all assisted at the scene.

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