WAYNE, Maine – The Maine Warden Service is investigating Maine’s ninth fatal snowmobile crash.

Martha Carroll, age 56, of Brighton, Massachusetts was killed when the snowmobile she was operating crashed into the trees at a high rate of speed on the west shore of Wilson Pond in Wayne at approximately 5:45 Saturday evening.

Carroll was operating her boyfriend’s 2002 Polaris 700 snowmobile on Wilson Pond and wearing a ski-type helmet at the time of the crash. The initial investigation indicates that inexperience, speed and alcohol all appear to be factors in the crash.

No more information is available at this time. The attached photo is courtesy of the Maine Warden Service and is a photograph of the snowmobile and crash scene on Wilson Pond in Wayne.