Snowmobile Crash Injures Leesburg Residents

A snowmobile crash injured two Leesburg residents yesterday, one seriously. Police and conservation officers say the 36 year-old man was driving a snowmobile in a field near Tippecanoe Lake when he decided to jump a snow drift. But that drift turned out to be a pile of field stones. The impact threw the man and the 30-year-old woman who was riding with him about 80 feet. The man suffered a neck fracture and at last report, he was in serious condition at a Fort Wayne hospital. The woman did not require hospitalization. The crash happened at about 3:30 yesterday morning. Police say they found alcohol at the scene and believe it contributed to the crash.