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UMATILLA COUNTY — Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office rescued a man injured in a snowmobile accident in a remote area on Sunday, Jan. 10. According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, dispatch received a 911 call at about 1 p.m. reporting a snowmobiler had been injured during a crash on USFS 31 Road about 1 mile north of Ruckel Junction. Deputy Hayes responded and discovered a 56-year-old male who was not named in the news release had been thrown from his snowmobile, which had landed on top of him after he tried to navigate an embankment. “The patient was experiencin...

Rescue crews, witnesses work together to save snowmobiler after crash     UMATILLA COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — It took a team effort to rescue a snowmobiler after a crash in Umatilla County. The sheriff’s office was notified about the crash at 1 p.m. Sunday. A 56-year-old man was thrown from his snowmobile while navigating an embankment. The snowmobile then landed on top of him. It happened on U.S. Forest Service Road 31, about one mile north of Ruckel Junction. Deputies said ambulances were only able to get within nine miles of the crash site, “and transporting the patient across the ...