MONTAGUE, NY – A collision between two snowmobiles just after midnight killed both drivers, police said.
Nicholas J. Klym, 64, of Barnegat, and Charles C. Eldred Jr., 44, of Canandaigua, NY, were travelling in opposite directions on Rector Road (Trail C5B) in Montague, New York State Police reported.
They collided head-on and both were pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation is still ongoing, but the police’s initial observations are that Klym failed to keep right at the crest of a small hill where the crash occurred.
