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A Saginaw man died after a snowmobile accident last Friday night, Feb. 10. The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office said first responders were dispatched just before 11 p.m. to a trail in Floodwood Township. Leroy Warner, 67, was reportedly not breathing. “Despite lifesaving efforts by friends, deputies and medical personnel … he was pronounced deceased,” the sheriff’s office reported.
Warner’s obituary can be found on Page 18 of today’s Pine Knot News. In it, family said he died “having fun with his wife and close friends, doing what he loved.”
The accident remains under investigation by the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office and St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office. Other responding agencies were Floodwood ambulance and fire departments, Cloquet Area Fire District, St. Louis County Rescue Squad and Life Link Air Medical.