Two ice fishermen from Hudson, Wis., were rescued Monday night after their 2009 Chevrolet Avalanche pickup sank in the St. Croix River near the Allen S. King plant in Oak Park Heights.
The men, ages 23 and 24, were able to get out of the truck before it sank around 9:20 p.m., according to a Bayport Police Department report. Neither of the men were injured or entered the water, police said.
The men told police they had been out ice fishing on the St. Croix River for most of the day and were on their way back to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources boat launch under the St. Croix River bridge when the incident occurred.
“(He) stated he stayed to the left shoreline of the river, attempting to avoid the other ice houses on the river, when he realized he was too close to shore and not knowing there was open water near the King Plant,” the police report states. “Both advised they heard the ice cracking and making noises that did not sound good, so they both got out of the truck just prior to the truck going into the water.”
The owner of the truck was advised to contact a company to recover and remove the truck from the river “as it was fully submerged in approximately 9-15 feet of water,” the report states.
Chief Jay Jackson said that the owner of the truck told one of his officers on Wednesday that he would be working on having the truck removed from the water on Friday.
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