Four snowmobilers are lucky to be alive after their sleds went to the bottom of Lake Superior near Grand Island

URGENT UPDATE U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 2-3-18 – 3:25 p.m. CT
Snowmobile accident a short time ago in Hurley, WI at Kimball Drive at Center Drive.
Victim has possible broken left leg. There was another incident but it did not involve a snowmobile, rather confusion.

URGENT – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 2-3-18 – Update 4:02 p.m. ET

The U.P. snowmobile death toll almost went to 10 today – in one fell swoop

Four snowmobilers take unwanted swim in Lake Superior but escaped death

By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

(Upper Peninsula of Michigan) – There have been numerous snowmobile wrecks over past 24 hours including sleds on bottom of Lake Superior.

A snowmobiler is lucky to be alive after falling off his sled in Wakefield about 2:40 p.m. CT, today Sat., Feb.3, 2018. The incident is on Sunday Lake offshore from the Wakefield VFW Post. The man fell off his sled but did not crash. He will be checked by paramedics.

But none as wild as what happened today on Munising Bay.

This morning four snowmobilers were dumped into Lake Superior due to shifting ice near Grand Island.

There was also another snowmobile crash this morning in Alger County, and one last night. In both cases minor injuries including a man with a dislocated shoulder this morning. Plus two people received minor injuries in a snowmobile versus car crash in Gogebic County this morning. Not only on the trail, there have been numerous car accidents today in the U.P.

So far, six snowmobilers have died in U.P. accidents this winter.

There has been lots of concern this winter – that there might be a fatal wreck on Munising Bay due to quickly shifting ice and unexpected open areas.

This morning, four snowmobilers escaped death – and escaped injury other than headaches – when their sleds plunged into Lake Superior near the east channel off Grand Island.

The wet snowmobilers made it to Grand Island. The victims do not live in the Upper Peninsula.

These visiting snowmobilers were rescued by hovercraft thanks to the Alger County Sheriff’s Department Rescue Unit 21. Alger EMS was dispatched to checkout the cold victims.
Now the Herculean task of getting the snowmobiles off the bottom of Lake Superior.
Ice conditions in portions of Munising Bay and off Grand Island remains very dangerous especially in that east channel where you could literally die.
Despite the cold, ice conditions are effected by current and occasional warming