An Elk Grove man died Thursday snowmobiling near Spooner Summit.

Thomas Korves, 56, was found deceased beneath his sled.

Douglas County investigators said, “Thomas had been attempting to ride up a steep hill when he turned at an angle, causing the snowmobile to flip and pin him underneath.”

He and a friend had been riding on March 29 when they got separated. The friend called 911 at about 2:30pm when he couldn’t find his buddy.  

Search and rescue crews found the snowmobile about 8:30pm pinned up against a tree on a steep embankment off the side of the Tahoe Rim Trail. Korves was under the snowmobile. An autopsy confirmed Korves died from lack of respiration as a result of his chest being compressed underneath the weight of the snowmobile.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report