Section 25.25. Accidents; reports

1. The operator of any snowmobile involved
  in  any  accident  resulting in injuries to or death of any person or in
  which property damage in the estimated amount of one thousand dollars or
  more is sustained, shall within seven days after  such  accident  report
  the  matter in writing to the office, with a copy thereof to the sheriff
  of the county in which said  accident  occurred.  If  such  operator  is
  physically  incapable  of  making  such  report  and  there  is  another
  participant in the accident not so incapacitated, such participant shall
  make the report within the allotted time after  such  accident.  In  the
  event  that there is no other participant and the operator is other than
  the owner, then the owner shall within the prescribed  period  of  time,
  after  learning  of the facts of such accident, report the matter to the
  office, together with such information as may have come to his knowledge
  relating to such accident. Every  such  operator  of  a  snowmobile,  or
  participant  of  any  such  accident,  or  the  owner  of the snowmobile
  involved in any such accident, shall  make  such  other  and  additional
  reports as the commissioner shall require.
    2.  Whenever any snowmobile meets with an accident involving a loss of
  life, personal injury or damage to property and the operator thereof has
  knowledge of such accident, he shall stop and give his name and address,
  the name and address of the owner thereof and  the  registration  number
  assigned  to  said  snowmobile  to  the  injured  person  or  the person
  sustaining the damage, or to a peace or police officer. In the event the
  person sustaining the damage is not  present  at  the  place  where  the
  damage  occurred, the operator shall, as soon as physically able, report
  the same to the nearest law enforcement agency.
    3. A peace, police, or judicial officer who investigates  or  receives
  information  of  an accident involving a snowmobile shall make a written
  report of the investigation or information received, and such additional
  facts relating to the accident as may come to his knowledge and mail the
  same within forty-eight hours to the office and keep a record thereof in
  his office.
    4. Failure of such persons to give notice of  any  accident  requiring
  notice  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  that  such  accident  was not
  reported.