CARIBOU — First responders and the Maine Warden Service were busy over the weekend with four separate snowmobile crashes that seriously injured several of the men involved.
Cpl. John MacDonald of the Warden Service said Sunday afternoon that the first crash happened on Saturday evening in New Sweden.
According to MacDonald, Ryan Rogers, 28, of Caribou was southbound on Interconnected Trail System 83 at 5:15 p.m. when he collided with a moose that had stepped onto the trail.
Rogers was in the middle of a group of nine snowmobiles when the crash happened. He complained of extreme pain in his left arm and shoulder and was flown to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor with serious injuries. Rogers was wearing a helmet, which MacDonald said was completely distorted due to the crash. The moose was dispatched by wardens due to severe injuries.
