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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIditarod officials: Snowmobile strikes 2 teams, kills dog, injures others
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) A person on a snowmobile drove into two dog teams competing in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Saturday morning, killing one dog and injuring at least three others.
Mushers Aliy Zirkle (AL-ee ZUR-cul) and Jeff King were attacked outside the village of Nulato (noo-LAH-toh), a community of 236 on the Yukon River a little more than halfway into the 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) race to Nome.
A suspect has been identified by a village police officer. Race officials did not know the gender of the suspect, said Bri Kelly, a spokeswoman for the Iditarod Trail Committee.
King was 12 miles (19.31 kilometers) from Nulato when three of his dogs were hit by the snowmobile.
Nash, a 3-year-old male, was killed. Crosby, another 3-year-old male, and Banjo, a 2-year-old male, received injuries and are expected to survive.
King himself requested medical attention at Nulato.
http://bigstory.ap.org/f3215005a31c4a90a710aa91f118dd50
Mushers Aliy Zirkle (AL-ee ZUR-cul) and Jeff King were attacked outside the village of Nulato (noo-LAH-toh), a community of 236 on the Yukon River a little more than halfway into the 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) race to Nome.
A suspect has been identified by a village police officer. Race officials did not know the gender of the suspect, said Bri Kelly, a spokeswoman for the Iditarod Trail Committee.
King was 12 miles (19.31 kilometers) from Nulato when three of his dogs were hit by the snowmobile.
Nash, a 3-year-old male, was killed. Crosby, another 3-year-old male, and Banjo, a 2-year-old male, received injuries and are expected to survive.
King himself requested medical attention at Nulato.
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Iditarod officials: Snowmobile strikes 2 teams, kills dog, injures others (Original Post)
dixiegrrrrl
Mar 2016
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Brother Buzz
(36,466 posts)1. Sarah Palin was not driving that Snowmobile
SO STOP SAYING THAT!
Beaverhausen
(24,472 posts)2. That race needs to stop
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)3. Because???????
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)4. One of the few cases I would happily give the death penalty for, the slower the better.
Sorry coward has been arrested. 80 miles an hour, deliberately drove into two defenseless dog teams, then ran off.