Maine Game Wardens say four snowmobile operators narrowly avoided tragedy after encountering thin ice.
Wardens say two snowmobiles crashed through ice early Saturday on Sebec Lake, north of Dover-Foxcroft. Both operators scrambled to safety but three of them ended up trapped on thin ice. The fourth rode to an unoccupied camp seeking warmth.
Cpl. John MacDonald said a game warden used a canoe to rescue 30-year-old Timothy Carignan and 31-year-old Nicholas Smith, of Berwick, and 32-year-old Nathan Lynch, of North Berwick.
Officials then went looking for 39-year-old James Taylor from Dover, New Hampshire, and found him severely hypothermic in a camp. He was taken to a hospital.
Wardens say two snowmobiles remain at the bottom of the lake, and a third remains on the thin ice. An investigation is continuing.