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UPDATE: Name Released In Snowmobile Crash In Door County

By: Associated Press
Posted: Sat 4:40 PM, Feb 23, 2013

TOWN OF BRUSSELS, Wis. (AP) -- Door County sheriff's officials have publicly identified the teen who was killed when his snowmobile collided with a truck.

County Sheriff Terry Vogel says the boy is 13-year-old Brett Buhr of Brussels.

The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. Friday in Brussels and the boy later died at a Green Bay hospital.

The boy was on a designated snowmobile trail when he stopped before crossing the road. Officials say when he tried to cross he collided with a truck driven by a 47-year-old man.

The truck driver, also from the Brussels area, was not hurt.
Vogel says he plans to release more information on the case Monday.

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TOWN OF BRUSSELS, Wis. (AP) -- A 13-year-old boy has died after the snowmobile he was driving collided with a truck in Door County.

The sheriff's office says the crash happened around 4:30 p.m. Friday in the Township of Brussels. The boy later died at a Green Bay hospital.

The boy was on a designated snowmobile trail when he stopped before crossing the road. When he tried to cross the road he collided with a truck driven by a 47-year-old man.

The boy from the Brussels area was the only person on the snowmobile. His name was not immediately released. The truck driver, also from the Brussels area, was not hurt.


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