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Anyone hear of an accident with a sled out on the lake?<P>Thanks<P>------------------<BR>Where's my crew??

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I read something about a snowmobile/Bomber accident on the "Riverbend" topic area of this Forum.<P>jig-em

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Shmick__Shmacky,<BR>Yes there was om Monday of this week.A snowmobile slamed into the back of Riverbend's bomadeer.The sled was tolded out. There was a lot of damage to the bomadeer also.The driver on the seld was in very very bad shape.

Posted

It's to bad that happened, hope everyone is going to be ok! Thanks for the info.<P>------------------<BR>Where's my crew??

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thats very unfortunate to hear. in our trip up a couple of weeks ago we had sleds come within inches of the bomber and they were cruising. our driver even said "i hope i never see it, but one of these days im going to have pull somebodies head out of the rack on this thing". it sounded like close calls were the norm. hope all can take something from this incident so it doesnt happen again.

Posted

You don't suppose there was any alcohol involved in that accident?

Posted

I have a relative who saw it or came upon it right afterwards. I haven't had a chance to ask him about it yet though.

Posted

This is not a good thing to hear about. Although I'm sure it was the sled drivers fault, I am always surprised to run right up on a bomber/trackvan after dark. Seems very few run any kind of tail lights at all! Speed of sleds these days can put you right up there tailpipe quickly.<P>100 mph after dark out on the lake....What was this guy thinking. Let alone rearending a bomber think of all the other hazards a guy can hit out there after dark. Hopefully he'll be alright and slow down in the future.<P>Back in the mid 90's while fishing in a friends permanent out on the S. tip we were quite startled when a brand new XCR 600 came flying half way thru one sidewall with no driver! He had hit a drift 100 yds or so from this shack at high speed and was ejected. The sled kept right on going into the hut! We were quite PO'd too.<P>Fisky

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what resort was the bomber from? any updates on the condition of the snowmobiler??

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Karma: the bomber was out of Riverbend. Richard one of their long time employees was driving it. i agree with Fisky what is anyone doing driving at that speed, I always thought 55 mph was fast enough. Bill

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yes I agree the sled was going to fast BUT I,ve seen the lights on some of the bombs it`s supprised me it hasn`t happened along time ago I think there work at both ends that could reduce the chances of this happening again ..... I hope the everything works out well for all involved in this

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What makes me so mad.gif Everyone is aways in a hury.The incense people like Richard get a mark on there record for some ones else's stupied actions.This is just my two cents.

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The guy that ran into the back of Richards bomber was a local, the sherifs son. He was with his buddies. I think he was chasing his buddies and ran up on Richards bomber snow dust cloud thinking it was his pals he was chasing but it was Richard only doing 20mph. and Boom.... From what I know the driver of the snowmobile is going to be ok but he will be in a cast for a long long time.

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you can drive a car at 55 BUT a snowmoble can drive only 50 as i see it he had it coming .i hate to see this but it happends...<P>SLOW DOWN ON THE ICE AND WE ALL WILL BE AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME.........

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Go to school and get a degree then after that you go to the school of hard knocks and learn what life really is about. I cant say he had it coming, but speed does kill. Hope he gets well soon, Im sure he learned a real lesson.

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It was NOT night time when that snowmobile ran into the bombardier.<P>In fact it was a sunny day.<P>I have seen these people on snowmobiles run along side the bombardier and hit the machine with their hand!<BR>They've also cut right in front of these bombardiers.<BR>Just plain STUPIDITY!!<BR>

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