A Twin Cities woman died Saturday in a snowmobile accident on a Morcom Township trail.
First responders were dispatched to the Bearskin snowmobile trail 30 miles north of Hibbing at about 1:15 p.m., according to a news release from the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office. There, they found a 55-year-old woman from the Twin Cities area dead at the scene. She was the machine's sole occupant.
It appeared the woman lost control while turning and struck a tree, according to the news release. Her name was not released.
The Sheriff's Office and the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office are investigating the accident.
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