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2nd person dies after New Year’s snowmobile crash in Minnesota

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    CAMBRIDGE, Minnesota (WCCO) — Less than an hour into the new year, Isanti County officials say that a snowmobile crash claimed two lives.

The Isanti County Sheriff’s Office says the snowmobile hit a tree at 12:50 a.m. Sunday on Paradise Trail Northwest.

The sheriff’s office says at this point they think a man and a woman went out onto Lake Francis for a brief ride on the snowmobile. The man was driving, hit a tree and died at the scene.

The woman was transported to Mercy Hospital with life-threatening injuries. On Tuesday, officials reported she had died of her injuries as well.

The victims were identified as Hunter Melander and Faith Nelson, both 21 years old and both from Cambridge. The sheriff’s office said their preliminary investigation indicates that speed and impairment were potential contributing factors in the crash.

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