Massachusetts residents were injured in at least two snowmobile accidents in northern New Hampshire over the weekend, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.
The first incident occurred in Gorham around 4 p.m. Friday, the Fish and Game Department said in a news release Tuesday. Heather Charpentier, 50, of Wareham, Massachusetts, was trying to drive down a steep section of the snowmobile trail when she lost control, went off the trail and down a steep embankment.
The Fish and Game Department said Carpentier fell about 50 feet down an embankment before the snowmobile collided with a tree. She suffered multiple injuries.
The Fish and Game Department said Charpentier’s riding companions immediately began providing her with medical assistance, and good Samaritans on the road called 911. A conservation officer and Gorham firefighters, police and emergency services personnel rushed to the scene, and Charpentier was taken by ambulance to Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin for further evaluation of her injuries.
“The investigation into the accident is ongoing, but inexperience appears to be the primary factor,” the Fish and Game Department wrote in a news release. “Conservation officials hope to use this incident to remind snowmobile operators to always operate with caution and be aware of actual and potential hazards.”
The second incident occurred in Dixville around 1:15 p.m. Saturday, the Fish and Game Department said in a news release. An investigation at the scene revealed that Gregory Parcell, a resident of Lynn, Massachusetts, was riding north on a trail when he failed to negotiate an uphill curve, causing him to cross the left side of the trail and hit Kelsey Niziak, a resident of Danville, New Hampshire.
The Fish and Game Department said paramedics evaluated Niziak’s injuries at the scene, but she decided to seek additional care for her injured hand on her own. Her snowmobile was severely damaged in the accident and was towed from the scene.
The Fish and Game Department did not say whether Parcells was injured in the crash.
“The crash investigation is ongoing, but conservation officers believe the primary cause appears to be Parcell’s failure to keep to the right and slow down to avoid a collision,” Fish and Game wrote.
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