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1 hospitalized after snowmobile accident
Gallatin County Sheriff s Office
Gallatin County Sheriff s Office
WEST YELLOWSTONE (KIFI) - The West Yellowstone Police Department dispatch center received a 911 call reporting a snowmobile crash that had resulted in a possible broken leg Monday around 9:56 a.m. The 911 coordinates retrieved from the call indicated the group was approximately seven miles southwest of West Yellowstone on the Two Top trail system.
Volunteers from Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue in West Yellowstone, Custer Gallatin National Forest and Hebgen Basin Rural Fire District responded to assist with the rescue.
Rescuers located the injured snowmobiler, loaded them onto a specialized enclosed rescue sled and transported them safely to West Yellowstone.
UPDATE: 12:34 p.m.
BOZEMAN, Mont. - The Gallatin County Sheriff s Office has identified the man killed in Sunday s avalanche in Beehive Basin.
According to a release from GCSO, 45-year-old Craig Kitto, of Bozeman, died of injuries from the avalanche. Kitto was the principal at Whittier Elementary School in Bozeman.
UPDATE: Feb. 15, 9:23 a.m.
BIG SKY - One of the splitboarders who was injured in the avalanche Sunday near Big Sky has reportedly died later that evening.
According to a Facebook post from Friends of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, two people were splitboarding in the Beehive Basin when they triggered an avalanche one became critically injured and died Sunday night.Â