By Associated Press - Tuesday, April 29, 2014

SHISHMAREF, Alaska (AP) - A 20-year-old northwest Alaska village resident has died in a snowmobile crash.

Alaska State Troopers say Jay Weyiouanna (wee-oh-WAN’-ah) of Shishmaref (SHISH’-mar-ef) died Sunday.

Witnesses tell troopers they saw Weyiouanna drive into a ditch and crash in the village 126 miles north of Nome.



He was alone on the machine.

The state medical examiner has scheduled an autopsy in Anchorage.

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