Early on Saturday evening, 28 March, an East Haven man died in a snowmobile crash.
According to Vermont State police, the accident happened at around 5.15 p.m. on a VAST trail near Fall Brook Road in Wheelock. Keith Whitney, who was aged 47 and from East Haven, went off the main trail and hit a metal cable which was stretched between two trees leading to a private drive way. When he hit the cable, he was then thrown from the snowmobile. His companion who was riding with him called 911 and members from the Sheffield Wheelock Fire Department and Lyndon Rescue responded. He was then transported to the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury, where he succumbed to his injuries.
The police have said that the investigation into the crash is still ongoing.
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