Maine plagued by eighth snowmobile fatality this season

Scene of Wednesday's crash in Northern Maine in which a Pennsylvania man died. (Courtesy/Maine Warden's Service)

MAPLETON, Maine - A 25-year old Pennsylvania man became the eighth snowmobiler to die in Maine this riding season when his machine struck a tree on a snowmobile trail in Aroostook county on Wednesday afternoon.

David Over, 25, of Sligo, was traveling south on ITS 105 in Mapleton with a group of nine other snowmobilers from Pennsylvania around 4 p.m. when he passed the two snowmobiles in front of him. Another snowmobiler riding behind Over followed him, and the two men were riding side by side at a high rate of speed when the two sleds made contact, Maine Warden Officials said. The crash investigation suggests that Over lost control, came off his sled and struck a tree.

Game Wardens and EMTs performed CPR at the scene in attempts to save Over, who was then transported to AR Gould Hospital in Presque Isle by Presque Isle Ambulance. He died at the hospital from injuries sustained in the crash, which remains under investigation by the Maine Warden Service.