13-Year-Old Michigan Girl Killed In Snowmobile Accident

OAKLAND COUNTY, MI — A 13-year-old Orion Township girl died in a snowmobile accident in Oakland County on Tuesday afternoon, according to police.

Officers shut down Whipple Lake Road at North Eston Road in Independence Township just after 4 p.m. Tuesday after a family riding on snowmobiles crashed.

Police say the 55-year-old father was driving one snowmobile when his 13-year-old son — who was driving his 13-year-old sister on the back — struck him from behind while on another snowmobile. The girl was thrown from the back of the snowmobile and suffered serious injuries.

She was given CPR by a bystander, police said, and a pulse was detected, but she was not breathing. Both kids were taken to the local hospital to be treated, where the girl was pronounced dead.

Everyone in the crash was wearing a helmet, police said. Alcohol or drug use were not factors in this crash, authorities said.

The dad did not suffer any injuries in the crash. The boy is in stable condition.

Police are investigating the crash and are working with the Lake Orion School district to counsel students where the girl attended school.