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Baldacci urges sledders to ride safe
by Outspoken on Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:52 am
Baldacci urges sledders to ride safe
Two snowmobilers already have died, prompting calls for riders to use caution.
The Associated Press
AUGUSTA — Days after two deaths started Maine's snowmobile season on a tragic note, Gov. John Baldacci joined the Maine Warden Service on Tuesday in urging power sledders to be careful, sober and use common sense when they take to the state's trails this winter.
Snowmobilers come from all over the country to enjoy 13,500 miles of trails in Maine, where the sport contributes an estimated $350 million annually to the state's economy, Baldacci said.
"But it's also important to be serious about safety," the governor said at a news conference at Warden Service headquarters in Augusta. "We've got to be safe."
With the 2008-09 season barely under way, two fatalities have already been recorded in Maine. On Dec. 22, a 19-year-old from Cushing died when his sled went into the path of an oncoming car. Less than a week later, a 15-year-old Windham boy died after crashing his snowmobile into a tree west of Portage.
The fatalities follow a season in which 12 people lost their lives in Maine snowmobile accidents, five of them in one March weekend, state fish and game Commissioner Danny Martin said. The dozen deaths last snowmobile season were twice the total of the previous season.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=230438&ac=PHnws
Two snowmobilers already have died, prompting calls for riders to use caution.
The Associated Press
AUGUSTA — Days after two deaths started Maine's snowmobile season on a tragic note, Gov. John Baldacci joined the Maine Warden Service on Tuesday in urging power sledders to be careful, sober and use common sense when they take to the state's trails this winter.
Snowmobilers come from all over the country to enjoy 13,500 miles of trails in Maine, where the sport contributes an estimated $350 million annually to the state's economy, Baldacci said.
"But it's also important to be serious about safety," the governor said at a news conference at Warden Service headquarters in Augusta. "We've got to be safe."
With the 2008-09 season barely under way, two fatalities have already been recorded in Maine. On Dec. 22, a 19-year-old from Cushing died when his sled went into the path of an oncoming car. Less than a week later, a 15-year-old Windham boy died after crashing his snowmobile into a tree west of Portage.
The fatalities follow a season in which 12 people lost their lives in Maine snowmobile accidents, five of them in one March weekend, state fish and game Commissioner Danny Martin said. The dozen deaths last snowmobile season were twice the total of the previous season.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=230438&ac=PHnws
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