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State Police Investigate Fatal Snowmobile Crash
Sunday Night in Town of Osceola
Published: February 27, 2023
at 12:05 p.m. Updated at 12:45 p.m.
By: Press Release from New York State Police
Fatal Snowmobile
Crash in Lewis County
27 February 2023
NEW YORK STATE POLICE
Major Vincent T. Lightcap
Troop D Commander
PRESS RELEASE
On February 26,
2023, at 8:49 p.m., State Police responded to 3025 Potter Road in the town
of Osceola, Lewis County for a reported fatal snowmobile crash.
A 2020 Polaris XC
137 snowmobile, operated by Dean J. Beck, age 49 from
Spencerport, NY was traveling south on Potter Road snowmobile trail C5C
when he failed to negotiate a sharp curve. The snowmobile subsequently
traveled off the trail, down a steep embankment, and struck a tree.
Beck was ejected
from the snowmobile and pronounced deceased at the scene.
State Police were
assisted at the scene by the Redfield Fire Department, Lewis County
Sheriff’s Office, and the Lewis County Search and Rescue.
*Editor’s Note:
This article was updated at 12:45 p.m. to correct an error in our headline
reflecting the town in which the fatal crash occurred. The crash occurred
in the town of Osceola, as was correctly stated in the article.
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