What you should know
- A 56-year-old New York resident was killed during a snowmobile race in Vermont, police said.
- Royalton Barracks State Police officers responded to the ski area Suicide Six in Pomfret around 2:30 p.m. Saturday over a report of a snowmobile accident, the state Department of Public Safety said in a statement.
- One of the snowmobile operators was traveling down the mountain when he left the trail area and crashed into a tree, according to the release.
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A 56-year-old New York resident was killed during a snowmobile race in Vermont, police said.
Royalton Barracks State Police troopers responded to the Suicide Six ski area in Pomfret around 2:30 p.m. Saturday for a report of a snowmobile accident, the state Department of Public Safety said in a statement.
One of the snowmobile operators was traveling down the mountain when he left the trail area and crashed into a tree, according to the release.
The operator suffered fatal injuries and was not transported to a hospital, according to police.
State police did not release the victim’s name, but Rock The Hills VT, which organized the race, identified him in a released statement. on Facebook as Jim Darrow.
“We are deeply saddened to announce the death of one of our veteran runners, Jim Darrow, while riding down the hill after a winning race,” the organization posted on Facebook. “While we may never be sure exactly what happened, today was a tragic accident, there is no other way to say it.”
Racing continued Sunday at the request of Darrow’s family, the organization said.
The snowmobile was vandalized, police said.
The ski area management also expressed their condolences.
“All of us at Suicide Six Ski Area are deeply saddened by the sudden and tragic death of a participant in the Rock The Hills snowmobile racing event on Saturday, April 2,” Courtney Lowe, President of Woodstock Inn & Resort, the owner and operator of the ski area, said in a statement.
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