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Former NMU hockey player killed in snowmobile crash
Posted: 01.07.2013 at 9:52 AM Updated: 01.07.2013 at 4:45 PM
Read more:  Local, Sports, Fatal Snowmobile Crash, Fatal Crash in Houghton, Former Hockey Player Killed, NMU Hockey, NMU Roger Lewis, Roger Lewis Killed in Crash, Roger Lewis Houghton, Michigan State Police

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HOUGHTON -- The 41-year-old Houghton man that died in a snowmobile crash on Friday night has been identified as Roger Lewis.

Police were called to a snowmobile crash in Franklin Township on private property at around 9:50 p.m. on Friday night. According to the Michigan State Police, Lewis was killed when he drove his snowmobile under a steel cable that was located on the property.

Lewis was on the Northern Michigan University hockey team from 1994 to 1997 as a forward.

The Michigan State Police are still investigating the crash, but reported that alcohol was involved.

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