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Downstate woman killed in Crawford Co. snowmobile crash
Posted: 03.09.2012 at 5:30 AM
Roxanne Werly

Roxanne Werly is the Interactive and Broadcast Managing Editor for TV 7&4 and 29&8

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The 72-year-old woman from Brighton was climbing a steep hill with the sled when it rolled and landed on top of her.

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GRAYLING TWP. -- A downstate woman is dead after the snowmobile she was riding rolled on top of her.

It happened Thursday evening in Crawford County,  just outside the perimeter fence of Camp Grayling. 

The 72-year-old woman from Brighton was climbing a steep hill with the sled when it rolled and landed on top of her.  She was taken to Grayling Mercy Hospital where she was pronounced dead. 

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