With more people breaking out their sleds this winter, comes the increased chance for accidents on the trails. There have been a number of accidents already this year.
It's not just vehicles police set up checkpoints for. It's snowmobiles too. They're looking for any safety concerns and anyone violating the modified muffler law in New York.
Camden resident Steven Holzberger is being treated for injuries after suffering "a deep laceration to his ankle" following a snowmobile accident on December 9, 2021.
A mid-level state appeals court ruled earlier this month that the state Department of Environmental Conservation must halt planned construction of new wider snowmobile trails in the Adirondack Forest Preserve.