Wausau Pilot & Review
Rescue crews have been paged Thursday to the scene of a snowmobile crash involving two sleds, according to emergency scanner traffic.
The crash was reported at about 3:52 p.m. on a trail of of Trail 17 near Chewalla Lake. Initial reports suggest both sleds are engulfed in flames. At least one person is injured, but the extent of those injuries is not yet clear.
This is the second serious northwoods snowmobile crash reported on Thursday. Earlier, two people were injured, one traumatically, in a crash in Vilas County.
This is a breaking story that will be updated.
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