WOOD COUNTY, Ohio — A 58-year-old Ohio man is dead after a snowmobile crash.
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Crews were dispatched to private property in the 5200 block of Latcha Road in Wood County around 7:30 p.m. on reports of a crash, CBS affiliate WTOL-11 reported.
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The investigation revealed that a man was riding a snowmobile west in a field just north of Latcha Road when he struck a utility pole.
The man was identified as 58-year-old Robert Albert Bortles III of Walbridge, WTOL-11 reported.
Bortles was taken to a hospital in Toledo, where he later died.
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