Crime & Safety
Barnegat Man Dies In Snowmobile Crash In New York State
Nicholas J. Klym, 64, died in the head-on crash early Friday in upstate New York, police said.
MONTAGUE, NY — A Barnegat Township man is among two people who died early Friday in a snowmobile crash in New York State, New York State Police said.
Nicholas J. Klym, 64, of Barnegat, was killed in the crash that happened about 12:45 a.m. Friday on a trail in the Lewis County town that is about 90 minutes northeast of Syracuse, police said.
Klym was driving a 2012 Polaris snowmobile west on Rector Road, also known as Trail C5B, collided with a 2016 Polaris snowmobile driven by Charles C. Eldred Jr., 44, of Canandaigua, New York, police said.
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The head-on crash killed both men at the scene, police said.
The preliminary investigation suggested Klym failed to keep right at the crest of a small hill where the crash happened, state police said. The investigation is continuing.
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