Jenne Smith and Lance Mackey with their kids in better times/Facebook - Fairbanks, Alaska 
Mackey family nightmare
Tragedy has once again struck the life of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race legend Lance Mackey.
Not long out of rehab after admitting to problems with drugs and alcohol, the 50-year-old musher has lost his partner of many years, the mother of two of his three children, and the woman he has credited with helping him get his life in order.
Alaska State Troopers today reported that 32-year-old Jennifer Smith – Jenne to her friends – was found dead Monday morning beneath an overturned all-terrain vehicle (ATV) not far from Mackey’s Comeback Kennel off Resolution Road on the outskirts of Fairbanks.
“It is with great sadness that I say my friend, my partner, the mother of my babies died in an ATV accident on Sunday night,” Mackey said in a post on his Facebook page today. “The babies are safe. They were home with me at the time. Family and neighbors have been here helping us and Jenne’s parents are coming up today.
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