Roxanne Werly is the Interactive and Broadcast Managing Editor for TV 7&4 and 29&8
MACKINAC ISLAND -- A Mackinac Island woman is dead after losing control of a snowmobile and hitting a tree.
It happened at 5:45pm Monday on M-185 on the west side of Mackinac Island. Police say Rebecca Mentzer, 51, lost control of the snowmobile and left the roadway. Mentzer was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger on the snowmobile, also from Mackinac Island, was thrown from the sled. The passenger was not hurt.
The Mackinac Island Police Department is still investigating and waiting for a toxicology report to determine if alcohol was a factor in the crash.
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