Mass. Man Dies In Snowmobile Accident


PITTSBURG, N.H. — Authorities say a Massachusetts man has died after his snowmobile ran off a trail and struck a tree in New Hampshire.State Fish and Game Conservation Officer Adam Cheney says 46-year-old Gary Lopes of Dighton, Mass., was leading a group of three when the accident happened Friday at around 3:15 p.m. near Back Lake in Pittsburg.Cheney says Lopes’ two friends found him soon after leaving a nearby restaurant, but neither of them saw the accident happen. Lopes was pronounced dead at the scene.The medical examiner says Lopes died of multiple blunt traumas to his head and torso. Cheney says speed and alcohol may have been factors in the accident.

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