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Jan032013

Tragedy in Rangeley

 

On night December 30th five snowmobile riders left a resturant in Rangeley Maine and went onto the ice on Rangeley Lake.  All are believed to have driven their machines into a mile diameter area of open water on the lake. One survived and one has been recovered.  The other three are missing.

 

A sketch of the open water based on a Maine Warden Service aerial photograph taken 1/3/13.

The open water as seen on Jan 1, 2013 late in the day, from Route 4 about 3/4 mile south of Rangeley. It is speculated that the riders were headed for the connector trail that starts at the blue marker on the map above. The additional information that was part of this blog posting has been moved to the Tragedy in Rangeley page.  This page has been updated on May 3, 2013 and again on May 8, 2013