HUDSON, IN - Indiana Conservation Officers released information Monday afternoon about a fatal snowmobile accident that occurred in Steuben County.

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Office was contacted Sunday evening at around 5 p.m. to assist with locating Adam Fifield, age 34 of Angola. Fifield had been missing for approximately 1.5 hours after leaving a residence in the 6100 block of South 400 West in Hudson on a snowmobile and failing to arrive at his predetermined destination.

A search of the area where Fifield had last been seen traveling was unsuccessful.

Authorities were notified late Sunday night at 10:45 p.m. that family members had located Fifield in a creek near the 1900 block of West 500 South in Steuben County. Despite lifesaving efforts, he was pronounced dead on the scene.