WILTON — A Jay man was injured Monday when his snowmobile rear-ended one driven by his grandson on Wilson Lake.
David Jones, 68, of Jay was following his grandson across the lake as they headed toward town, Sgt. Scott Thrasher of the Maine Warden Service said.
The grandson, Dalton Ellis, 17, of Wilton had a mechanical problem and either slowed down or stopped. Jones apparently didn’t see him and rear-ended his snowmobile, flipping it, he said.
Jones was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital by NorthStar ambulance complaining of pain, he said.
Ellis was not hurt, he said.
Both were on the same snowmobile track, Thrasher said. Speed and snow kicked up by the first machine may have been factors in Jones’ inability to see Ellis slowing down, he said.
The accident, reported at 3:45 p.m., is still under investigation.
Ellis was driving a 2004 Arctic Cat and Jones a 2006 Arctic Cat.
Wilton police Sgt. Chad Abbott and members of Wilton Fire Department helped.
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- Sgt. Scott Thrasher of the Maine Warden Service stands at the scene of a snowmobile crash on Wilson Lake in Wilton on Monday. The machine in the foreground driven by David Jones, 68, of Jay rear-ended the other driven by his grandson, Dalton Ellis, 17, of Wilton, Trasher said.
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- The snowmobile in the foreground driven by David Jones, 68, of Jay rear-ended ther other driven by his grandson, Dalton Ellis, 17, of Wilton, on Monday afternoon on Wilson Lake in Wilton, Maine Warden Service Sgt. Scott Trasher said.
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- Sgt. Scott Thrasher of the Maine Warden Service stands at the scene of a snowmobile crash on Wilson Lake in Wilton on Monday. The machine in the foreground driven by David Jones, 68, of Jay rear-ended the other driven by his grandson, Dalton Ellis, 17, of Wilton, Trasher said. Jones was taken to a Farmington hospital.
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