New Hampshire man dies after snowmobile falls through ice on Maine’s largest lake

A New Hampshire man died Sunday night after his snowmobile fell through ice on Maine's largest lake.

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A New Hampshire man died Sunday night after his snowmobile fell through ice on Maine's largest lake.
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By Bob D’Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Jan 20, 2020
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A New Hampshire man died Sunday night when his snowmobile fell through the ice on the largest lake in Maine, authorities said.

Steven K. Allard, 56, of South Hampton, was returning from snowmobiling with his wife on Moosehead Lake when his vehicle broke through the ice on the west side of the lake, the Bangor Daily News reported. Allard's snowmobile fell into the ice near the mouth of the Moose River, according to Mark Latti, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Allard was pulled from the lake at 10:15 p.m. but he was unresponsive, Latti told the Daily News. Allard was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Latti said.

"Snowmobilers need to stay aware of their surroundings and understand that ice conditions can change quickly," Sgt. Bill Chandler, of the Maine Warden Service, told the Daily News. "This section of the lake, where the Moose River flows into Moosehead Lake, always has poor ice, and that is why there are marked trails on the lake so that snowmobilers can avoid the bad ice in this area."

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