OXFORD – A one-person snowmobile accident that occurred in the Town of Oxford on the evening of Tuesday, January 31, reportedly claimed a life according to a release from the Chenango County Sheriff's Office.

Chenango County Sheriff Ernest R. Cutting Jr. reports that at approximately 10:40 p.m., the Chenango County 911 Center received a report of an accident that occurred on Quarry Road in the Town of Oxford involving a single snowmobile.

Michael R. Buchanan, 54, of Bainbridge was pronounced dead at the scene after the snowmobile he was operating reportedly struck a guide rail off of Quarry Road before ejecting him from the snowmobile.