Snowmobiler gets stuck in snow, then hits tour guide helping free him, NH officials say
A 65-year-old snowmobiler accidentally hit a tour guide trying to free him from deep snow in New Hampshire, wildlife officers said.
The incident happened at about 2:40 p.m. Feb. 19 in Lincoln on Primary Trail 156, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Law Enforcement Division said in a Facebook post.
A Georgia man was riding a rental snowmobile when he got caught in snow as he tried to turn around, officials said.
The 32-year-old tour guide tried to help free him, but the man accidentally “hit the throttle” and struck the guide, officers said.
The guide was taken to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Wildlife officers said it was the second snowmobile accident to happen that afternoon on the same trail.
Earlier that day at about 12:30 p.m., a 57-year-old man from Massachusetts was on a guided tour when he rolled his snowmobile, wildlife officials said.
He had serious injuries and was taken to a hospital.
“In both of these cases, the involved snowmobiles were rentals and their operators had limited snowmobiling experience,” wildlife officials said.
Lincoln is in northern New Hampshire.
This story was originally published February 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM with the headline "Snowmobiler gets stuck in snow, then hits tour guide helping free him, NH officials say."
