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Man Dies After Crashing Stolen Snowmobile
WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A man riding a stolen snowmobile died after crashing into a priest's home as the clergyman said his evening prayers.
The Rev. Leo Rosloniec, 76, was sitting and praying by his Christmas tree Monday when the snowmobile barreled into his front yard, taking out a mailbox before plowing into concrete steps leading to the rectory's porch.
The snowmobiler, Carl Charles Durham, was thrown from the sled and landed beneath an image of a cross on the front door of the priest's home.
Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Austin said Durham, 34, was driving "at a very high rate of speed" on a nearby street and ran a stop sign before crossing into Rosloniec's yard.
Durham was not wearing a helmet, authorities said.
Rosloniec, who was not injured, is the priest at nearby St. Joseph's Catholic Church. The Wright Township church is 13 miles northwest of Grand Rapids.
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