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<span style='font-size: 17pt'>Snowmobile accident kills Iowa woman, 53</span>
From the Omaha World Herald
ONAWA, Iowa — A woman died and a man was critically injured in a snowmobile accident early Monday.
Sandra Dekeyser, 53, of Onawa, was killed in the one-snowmobile accident that sent her son-in-law Travis Crosgrove, 29, also of Onawa, to Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City.
At 2:26 a.m., the Monona County Sheriff's office received a 911 call saying snowmobilers were believed to be lost in rural Onawa.
Dekeyser and Crosgrove were found at 4:59 a.m. Dekeyser died at the scene. Crosgrove was flown to the hospital, according to the sheriff's office.
The Whiting Fire Department and the Iowa State Patrol also responded to the call.
<span style='font-size: 17pt'>Snowmobile accident sends 9-year-old to hospital</span>
From the Omaha World Herald
WISNER, Neb. -- A 9-year-old Wisner boy was flown to a hospital after a snowmobile accident Sunday afternoon.
The Wisner Fire and Rescue Department, along with the Cuming County Sheriff’s Office, said the boy drove the snowmobile through two strands of barbed wire in an open field near U.S. Highway 275 about 4 p.m.
The boy was flown from the scene, about two miles west of Wisner, to a Sioux City hospital.
The accident is under investigation.
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Ron Wyllie
Southwest Iowa IBA Area Representative
rwyllie@iowawhitetail.com