Snowmobile rider goes through the ice near New Auburn in Chippewa Co.

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Snowmobile Rider goes through the ice near New Auburn in Chippewa Co.

Last week it was an ATV on Pike Lake, now a Snowmobile has gone through the ice in Chippewa Co. near New Auburn on Larrabee lake. It was reported earlier that another ATV had gone through the ice but it turned out to be a Snowmobile this time.

The man that was riding the Snowmobile has been reported to be unconscious and in very serious condition after being under water for several hours.
 

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Snowmobiler falls through ice
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   By The Chippewa Herald
Friday, December 7, 2007 10:30 PM CST

TOWN OF SAMPSON — A 43-year-old man was pulled out of Larrabee Lake in the town of Sampson after his snowmobile fell through the ice Friday night.

The man was last seen at the Salisbury Resort on State Highway 40 around 3:15 p.m., according to a press release from the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department. He never arrived at his destination.

The sheriff’s department and the New Auburn Fire Department responded to a call of a snowmobiler in the ice at 5:53 p.m. at the Larrabee Lodge.

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The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department says the snowmobiler who went through the ice on a local lake has passed away.

Deputies say 43-year-old Marlon J. Przybylla of Bloomer died at Luther Hospital just after 11 p.m. Friday.

Around 6 p.m. Friday, rescue crews pulled Przybylla, who was unconscious, from the icy waters of Lake Larrabee. That’s east of New Auburn off Highway 40.

Rescuers say he was probably in the lake for two to three hours.

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