Snowmobile Hits Family on Toboggan; Two Dead
A second child died and his parents remained hospitalized Sunday as authorities considered filing charges of criminally negligent homicide against a snowmobile operator who ran them down while they played in the snow.
William Nietch, 6, died at Benedictine Hospital in Kingston Sunday from injuries suffered in the collision that killed his younger half-brother.
Authorities said a snowmobile driven by Harry F. Davis, 22, of Accord, ran over a toboggan being pulled by Robert Martin, 36.
Nineteen-month-old Michael Martin--who was seated on the sled with William and their mother, Patricia Martin, 30--was killed in the Friday accident.
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