Feb 4, 2008 8:30 pm US/Central
3 Illinois Men Dead After Snowmobile Crashes
TAMPICO, Ill. (AP) ―
Three Illinois men have died after snowmobile accidents over the weekend.
Whiteside County authorities say a 33-year-old Scott Forward of Tampico was pronounced dead at a medical center in Sterling a short time after the Saturday night accident.
Deputies were called to the scene of the snowmobile crash just outside the Tampico village limits shortly before midnight.
Authorities confirm that a Kane County man died today from injuries he received from a snowmobile accident on Sunday. Officials say 32-year-old Matthew Vandenborn of Virgil Township was legally drunk and had suffered massive head injuries.
Fire officials in the Chicago suburb of Fox Lake say a man died over the weekend when his snowmobile plunged through ice and into icy lake water. Firefighters identified him as 38-year-old Mark Turkula of Lakemoor.
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