Authorities in northeastern Minnesota say an Ontario man has died in a snowmobile crash.
The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office was notified of the crash on the Cook Area Snowmobile Trail just before 6 p.m. Saturday.
Authorities say the crash happened on a straight part of the trail just after a curve.
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The victim, identified as 35-year-old Melvyn Russell MacDonald of Fort Frances, Ont., was second-to-last in a larger group of snowmobilers when he left the trail and struck a tree.
MacDonald was thrown from the snowmobile and died at the scene.
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