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Man killed after snowmobile crashes into tree
Posted: 02.27.2011 at 9:05 PM
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It happened around 5:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon

AU TRAIN TWP. -- A Wisconsin man is dead after crashing his snowmobile into a tree in Au Train Township.

Thirty-nine-year-old Donald Revolinski was traveling northbound on snowmobile trail #7 north of trail #8 around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.  He lost control of his snowmobile and ran off the trail, striking a tree.

Revolinski was pronounced dead at the scene.

The initial investigation by the Michigan State Police shows excessive speed and operating under the influence of drugs were probable factors in the crash.

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