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February 4, 2024
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Montague, NY

Fatal Snowmobile Crash in Lewis County

Fatal Snowmobile Crash in Lewis County

Fatal Snowmobile crash 2-3-24
On February 3, 2024, at 2:47 a.m., State Police responded to Culpepper Road in the town of Montague for a reported snowmobile crash with serious injuries.

The investigation has determined that 33-year-old Richard M. Mangiardi Jr., from Pittsfield, Massachusetts was snowmobiling with family and friends on a 2017 Artic Cat snowmobile on a trail near Culpepper Road when he failed to negotiate a curve, exited the trail and struck a tree. 

Mangiardi suffered a traumatic head injury and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

State Police were assisted at the scene by Lewis County Search and Rescue.