NEW SWEDEN, Maine — A 32-year-old Stockholm man died late Saturday night as the result of a snowmobile crash in New Sweden, according to the Maine Warden Service.
John Anderson was traveling north on Interconnecting Trail System 83 on a Polaris 600 Fusion around 9 p.m. when the machine drifted to the left side of the groomed trail and Anderson struck several trees, Cpl. John MacDonald said Sunday in a news release.
Both Anderson and his snowmobile came to rest on the trail about 200 feet beyond the impact location, which was near the East Road intersection, MacDonald said. He said Anderson was killed instantly.
Anderson was found by a friend, Reighel Waugh, 27, of Caribou. The two had been out snowmobiling all day Saturday and were making a northwesterly loop, returning to Waugh’s residence on Bog Road in Caribou, MacDonald said.
The Maine Warden Service was assisted by the Maine State Police and Caribou emergency rescue personnel.
MacDonald said speed appears to be a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.
Saturday’s snowmobile death was the second in less than a week. On Jan. 24, Robert Milhomme, 61, of Saint George died from head injuries he suffered in a crash that occurred on a plowed private way in South Thomaston.
Milhomme was not wearing a helmet.