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Center Conway men hurt in snowmobile crash on Conway railroad trestle

Published Mar 21, 2013 at 3:00 am (Updated Mar 21, 2013)

CONWAY - Two Center Conway men were injured Wednesday when their snowmobile crashed on a railroad trestle spanning the Saco River, according to Fish and Game officials.

Joshua Wiggin, 31, was heading east about 30 mph on the rail trail when one of the sled's skis hit an exposed rail, causing him to lose control, Sgt. Brian Abrams said in a news release. Wiggin and his passenger, James Gould, 21, were thrown from the snowmobile, the release said.

Abrams said rescuers used snowmobiles and a tracked ATV to transport the injured riders to the waiting ambulances. Wiggin and Gould were taken to Conway Memorial Hospital, where they were treated and released.

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Gary Kerr said:

Two thoughts come to mind - 1)why was the snow machine driver going that fast on the trestle and 2)why does the writer of the article for the paper call it a "rail-trail"? Do people know and realize that the rail corridor is an active railroad line during other seasons of the year? 30MPH seems just a bit fast when going over a bridge over the Saco River. Does the bridge have side/guard rails to prevent falling-off the bridge? Perhaps there is just too few details given in the article to make those evaluations and assessments of danger.
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