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February 20, 2008

Two Limerick Teen Injured in Snowmobile Accident

Buxton, Maine – Two Limerick teens helping a friend repair his snowmobile were seriously hurt today when the machine’s track broke off and hit them each in a leg.

Richard Grindrod and Travis Kendrick, both 19 of Limerick, were holding up the back end of their friend’s snowmobile while they were trying to repair a sputtering engine, according to the Maine Warden Service, which responded to the 1:50 p.m. accident.

The friend, Kyle Densmore, 19, of 166 Cemetery Road in Buxton, was standing beside his snowmobile and operating the throttle when the track broke and flew back, hitting Grindrod and Kendrick each in a leg. Grindrod and Kendrick suffered severe leg fractures and injuries, according to the MWS. Densmore was not hurt.

The teens were transported to Maine Medical Center.

This is the second serious accident this year involving a snowmobile track. A Garland teen holding up the front end of an operating snowmobile slipped underneath it and the moving track severed his foot. The Jan. 6 accident occurred when the teen and a friend were trying to remove snow from the track that was bogging down the machine.

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