By: The Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine wardens are investigating separate accidents that left two snowmobile riders critically injured, including a Massachusetts man.
On Friday night, 40-year-old Glen Zona of Worcester was thrown from his sled when one of his machine's skis went off a trail while he was riding with friends in Dennistown Plantation in Somerset County.
According to the Maine Warden Service, Mr. Zona was impaled by a root when he landed. He was airlifted to a hospital.
On Saturday afternoon, 62-year-old Leo Mitsin was critically injured when he was thrown into a tree after his sled hit a stump near his home in Orneville.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
