(KNSI) — A 49-year-old Crow Wing County man is dead after drowning in Pelican Lake.
The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office says they were called to the Pelican Lake Public Access in Pequot Lakes at about 3:00 Sunday afternoon for a man who had been pulled from the water while swimming from a pontoon on the south part of the lake. First responders arrived and said that CPR was in progress. They took over life-saving measures, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
He is identified as Loren Michael Hinch of Merrifield.
The investigation is ongoing.
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