Two western New York brothers have died after their snowmobiles went through thin ice on an Adirondack lake.
State police say the bodies of 67-year-old Stephen Sattler and 64-year-old Edward Sattler were found around 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Raquette Pond section of Tupper Lake in the village of Tupper Lake. Police and forest rangers started searching for them after a family member reported them missing Sunday evening.
The brothers lived in Blasdell and had been staying at a family camp in Piercefield for a snowmobiling weekend.
Tupper Lake Mayor Paul Maroun tells the Plattsburgh Press-Republican three other men went through the ice of the Raquette River on their snowmobiles Saturday and were saved by a fellow rider. They were heading for the weekend's ice fishing derby.
On Tuesday, the Erie County Sheriff's Department reported investigating a crash that occurred February 4 sometime in the night hours on a snowmobile trail in Sardinia.
The Sheriff’s Snowmobile Unit and Sardinia fire personnel met associates of the victim and administered first aid at the crash scene. Authorities say the victim, a male in his late forties from Cattaraugus County, was transported to Erie County Medical Center via Mercy Flight where he had surgery for internal injuries and broken bones.
