A New Hampshire man died Friday afternoon while snowmobiling

A New Hampshire man died Friday afternoon while snowmobiling in northern New Hampshire. NH Fish and Game say the 64-year-old was snowmobiling in the area of Diamond Ridge in Pittsbur on the afternoon of Friday, March 1. At about 1:47 p.m., rescue personnel were alerted to call involving a snowmobiler who was not breathing. The call came in via both a text message to 911 and a personal locator beacon activation, with the location simply being GPS coordinates. Rescuers from the Pittsburg Fire Department, 45th Parallel EMS and New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Conservation Officers all responded to the scene on snowmobiles upon receiving the call. Upon arrival, rescuers found that CPR was in progress, being administered by the patient’s riding companions and good Samaritans who had stopped to help. Life saving measures continued for over an hour, but were unsuccessful. The man was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 3 p.m.