From the Union Leader:

Snowmobile fatals claim two in Belmont, Salem
By STAFF, CORRESPONDENT REPORTS

8 hours, 18 minutes ago

Two people were killed in separate snowmobile accidents in Belmont and Salem yesterday. Three people also were hurt in Derry when two snowmobiles crashed.

In Salem, a 38-year-old man was sent to Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, Mass., with life-threatening injuries, according to Fire Capt. William Warnock.

The man died following an accident on Island Road out on Arlington Pond shortly after 7 p.m., a source confirmed.

In Belmont, Russell D. Davis Sr., 52, of 187 Laconia Road, Belmont, was pronounced dead at Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, according to Lt. James Goss of the state Fish and Game Department.

Davis was riding in a field behind 112 Plummer Hill Road when the right side of the snow machine apparently struck a tree and he was thrown off around 3:50 p.m., Goss said. He suffered chest injuries.

The Derry crash, in the area of Weston Drive, sent two men to Parkland Medical Center in Derry and an 8-year-old to Children's Hospital in Boston, according to Fire Battalion Chief Michael Doyle.

The child was flown to Boston in a medical helicopter, he said.

The accident occurred shortly before 7 p.m., he said. Doyle said he didn't know exactly where the accident happened. Weston is a dead-end street off Island Pond Road. Snowmobile riders were seen riding on a large piece of land off the street after the accident.

Their names and conditions weren't known.

Correspondent Mike Kalil contributed.

SAD! :unsure:

More info on the Salem Accident:

http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_035064504

Very sad when people are killed trying to have fun! :faceless:

pathfinder58 :angel:

Yes it is.
And it's surprising to see a rash of crashes down here where there are not too many people riding.

Any problems up north over the weekend?

I guess, these types of thing's remind us you cant see as well at night! This is not the way, I want to be reminded of anything! MY ,prayer's and thought's go out to there famlies!

That really stinks

I know 1st hand about Arlington Pond.My sister lives on it. You know how Back Lake is during the day sometimes. We'll Arlington Pond is a heavily populated Pond with people racing,snowtubing, walking and just about everything else you could imagine even in the night. There are docks all over the place, and it can be very dangerous. There are a couple of islands in the pond with various springs. I know people get killed there both summer and winter. I have been there at night, and its absolutly crazy.