A New Jersey police officer died after a snowmobile accident in New York over the weekend. Steven Fernandez, a 39-year-old an officer with the Ridgefield Park Police Department, was seriously injured Saturday, his family said.

The man lost control of his snowmobile and struck trees after sliding down a steep embankment, New York State Police said.

Steven Fernandez, 39, lost control of his snowmobile while traveling west on the Adirondack rail trail between Saranac Lake and Lake Clear.

A New Jersey man has died following a deadly snowmobile crash in Franklin County, New York. New York State Police said 39-year-old Steven Fernandez of Saddlebrook, NJ was riding west on the rail trails near McMaster Road and McCauley Pond in Harrietstown when he lost control and went down an embankment.

A New Jersey snowmobiler died Saturday after an accident on the Adirondack Rail Trail in the town of Harrietstown.

A Ridgefield Park police officer was killed in a snowmobiling accident over the weekend in Vermont, his family said. The department confirmed the death of Steven Fernandez in a social media post on Monday morning.

The Ridgefield Park Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its own. Officer Steven Fernandez died in a snowmobile accident in Vermont over the weekend, his family announced on Facebook. A Ridgefield Park native,