Massachusetts snowmobiler dies from injuries in Maine

BANGOR, Maine — Officials say a Massachusetts man who was critically injured in a snowmobile crash has died.

The Maine Warden Service said Monday that 55-year-old Duane Carter, of Spencer, Massachusetts, died at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, becoming the seventh snowmobile fatality of the season in the state.

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Wardens say Carter was thrown from his machine when he and a friend on another snowmobile failed to make a turn and collided near Stacyville. Both were taken Friday night to a Millinocket hospital.

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The Maine Warden Service continues to urge riders to slow down. Wardens say the leading contributing factor in fatal crashes is excessive speed.

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Associated Press