Incident Summary:
On 12/07/2017 at around 6:30 PM, the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office was notified of a pick up truck that had fallen through the ice on Lake Vermilion between Stuntz Bay and Ely Island. The driver Vesel was driving on the ice and had come to a stop and exited his pick up truck before it broke through the ice. Vesel had been measuring the ice in different spots as he drove. Ice on the lake varied from 10 inches to 4 inches where his truck broke through the ice. Vesel was not injured in the incident.
The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office urges people to keep vehicles off of the ice during this time as the depth of ice varies greatly at different spots on lakes during this time of year.
ICR#17278792
Assisting Agencies
MN DNR
Authority: Sgt. Toma Date: December 8, 2017 Time: 2:00 AM
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