Cumberland Times-News

Police Log

January 2, 2013

Charges filed in Garrett County snowmobile crash - 01/03

OAKLAND — One Oakland man was injured and another charged with driving under the influence following a snowmobile crash late Saturday on Mason School Road, according to the Garrett County Sheriff’s Office.

Randall Skeweris of Oakland was injured in the 9:45 p.m. incident and taken to Garrett County Memorial Hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries.

Police said Skeweris was operating a snowmobile when he struck an embankment along the roadway and was ejected.

He was then struck by a second snowmobile operated by Steven Wotring of Oakland.

Wotring was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and operating an unregistered vehicle on a roadway, police said.

Charges are pending against Skeweris, police said.

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