Teenager Suffers Horrifying Injuries After Serious Snowmobile Crash

An Alaskan teenager recalled sustaining horrific injuries in a disastrous snowmobile accident earlier this month.

Fifteen-year-old Ryan Wheat, of Anchorage, spoke to KTUU about the snowmobile crash that sent him careening over a 30-foot ledge. Wheat broke his back in four places and had to be airlifted by rescue responders to a local hospital. “Me, my dad and my buddy were up [on the mountain] snowmachining,” he explained. “I was climbing over a hill. I was planning to let off and coast...