The incident that left two sled dogs dead and several others injured occurred on the Denali Highway. Troopers said Friday that the snowmachine operator received a citation.
Following an investigation, the operator of the snowmachine was cited Friday for negligent driving, Alaska State Troopers said in an online
Seavey said he and two other mushers were training with three of his teams on the highway when the nine-dog team was hit by a snowmachine approaching from the opposite direction at a high rate of speed. He said one dog died instantly, one had several broken legs and died within an hour, and three suffered compound fractures or legs nearly amputated by the impact. The remaining four had what Seavey described as relatively minor injuries.
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