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FDNY Firefighter Carmine Barresi Killed In Snowmobile Accident In Upstate New York

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- An FDNY firefighter was killed in a snowmobiling accident in Upstate New York on Thursday.

Thirty-five-year-old Carmine Barresi, of the Bronx, died after crashing on Lake George.

Investigators say the snowmobile hit a boat dock, launching Barresi through a sheet of ice and into the water. He was in the water for about 30 minutes before local emergency responders found him and pulled him out.

He died at a nearby hospital.

FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro says Barresi was part of Engine Company 64 in the Bronx.

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