Snowmobiler Seriously Injured And Flown To Vermont Trauma Center

COLEBROOK, NH - NH Fish and Game officers responded to a snowmobile crash on the rail-trail in Colebrook on Thursday evening.

Colebrook Police, Fire and Rescue, NH State Police, and the 45th Parallel Ambulance responded to the scene to assist the patient, identified as Robert Gilchrist, 58, of North Grafton, Massachusetts.

Gilchrist was transported from the scene to the 45th Parallel Ambulance, which transported him to Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital (UCVH) in Colebrook.

Due to the serious injuries, a medical helicopter was requested. Healthnet 4 helicopter responded from UVM Medical Center in Burlington, VT

Gilchrist was flown to UVM Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Upon interviewing Gilchrist and witnesses, Conservation Officers determined that Gilchrist was traveling in a group of three riders on the Rail-Trail. Gilchrist failed to identify that he was coming up to a bridge crossing in the trail, which created a large hump on the normally flat terrain. He struck this hump and lost control of his machine, causing it to roll multiple times.

Fish and Game said his riding companions did not see the crash occur, but came upon Gilchrist sitting up in the trail and rushed to his side. Members of Gilchrist’s riding party called 911 and an emergency response was initiated.