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DIAMOND LAKE — A Diamond Lake Resort employee died in a snowmobile crash on Raccoon Drive over the weekend.
Daniel Allen Kemmer, 38, was found dead in a creek bottom near his snowmobile around 6:45 a.m. Sunday after another employee spotted snowmobile tracks leaving the roadway, according to a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office press release.
Kemmer had reportedly left the Diamond Lake Lounge around 11 p.m. Saturday and investigators believe he crashed shortly after when he failed to negotiate a left-hand corner.
The snowmobile struck a lodgepole pine head on, throwing Kemmer into the tree. He was not wearing a helmet, according to the press release.
Kemmer and the snowmobile came to a rest in the creek bottom some 15 feet below the tree. The crash remains under investigation.
Officials with Diamond Lake Resort could not be reached for comment this morning.
One of Kemmer’s neighbors in the employee housing area of the resort, Rick “Oz” Oswald, said those at the resort were taking the news hard.
“Everybody’s a little bit shocked,” he said this morning. “… I’m sure it affects everybody.”
He said Kemmer, a bartender at the resort, had lived at Diamond Lake for at least 10 years. Kemmer is survived by his wife, Joni Kemmer.
Oswald said Kemmer enjoyed camping, hiking and the outdoors.
“Dan was a real good friend of everybody’s,” he said.
• You can reach reporter Chelsea Duncan at 957-4246 or by e-mail at cduncan@newsreview.info.
Daniel Allen Kemmer, 38, was found dead in a creek bottom near his snowmobile around 6:45 a.m. Sunday after another employee spotted snowmobile tracks leaving the roadway, according to a Douglas County Sheriff’s Office press release.
Kemmer had reportedly left the Diamond Lake Lounge around 11 p.m. Saturday and investigators believe he crashed shortly after when he failed to negotiate a left-hand corner.
The snowmobile struck a lodgepole pine head on, throwing Kemmer into the tree. He was not wearing a helmet, according to the press release.
Kemmer and the snowmobile came to a rest in the creek bottom some 15 feet below the tree. The crash remains under investigation.
Officials with Diamond Lake Resort could not be reached for comment this morning.
One of Kemmer’s neighbors in the employee housing area of the resort, Rick “Oz” Oswald, said those at the resort were taking the news hard.
“Everybody’s a little bit shocked,” he said this morning. “… I’m sure it affects everybody.”
He said Kemmer, a bartender at the resort, had lived at Diamond Lake for at least 10 years. Kemmer is survived by his wife, Joni Kemmer.
Oswald said Kemmer enjoyed camping, hiking and the outdoors.
“Dan was a real good friend of everybody’s,” he said.
• You can reach reporter Chelsea Duncan at 957-4246 or by e-mail at cduncan@newsreview.info.
