Good news - the boy survived the crash. I went back to the sight today, and judging by what was left behind he was very, very lucky. He hit a tree at the very bottom and took out some saplings on the way down. All that was left was bits of the ski-doo shell, wire mesh and lots of gasoline in the snow and antifreeze. The damage he put on the tree at the bottom was wow level, so he is probably hurting right now. The main thing is he is alive, especially since he had no helmet. I couldn't eat dinner last night, the whole thing had my stomach tied up. I was so worried for that family. Irrational as it is, I felt tied to that event. It was because I had left the park that the dad gave the go signal for the boy to start turning doughnuts again. He had stopped once I got into the park. They were already having him drive around before I got there, but still, I felt connected to that whole terrible thing.
I know snowmobiles are dangerous, there has been two major crashes here just in the last 3 weeks, one resulted in a fatality of a 54 yr old man. My high school principal was killed in a snowmobile accident. They aren't rare, but to see it unfold in real time was very upsetting. My thoughts are with that little boy.
