(KNSI) — Officials are renewing their call that no ice is 100% safe after two ice-related accidents.
Officials in Cass County were called about 10:15 Friday morning for a vehicle through the ice on Leech Lake near Horseshoe Bay Resort. They say a Dodge Ram pickup truck with a snowplow attached was operating on a plowed road across the lake when a large crack formed, and the truck broke through. The driver, a 19-year-old man from Buffalo, escaped without injury.
On Saturday, authorities in Otter Tail County were called at 7:30 p.m. for a crash involving two snowmobiles and an ATV. When they arrived, everyone in the party was accounted for except a 64-year-old man on one of the snowmobiles. He was pulled from the water and rushed to a hospital, where he died.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says if you are venturing out on the ice, check ice conditions as you move, check with local bait shops, resorts, gas stations, and other fishermen for the latest conditions, and consider other means of transportation besides a vehicle. They also say to avoid traveling on the lake after dark, notify someone of the area you are traveling in and your expected return time, and carry a cell phone and a GPS unit.
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