A South Dakota man died Sunday morning after his pickup truck fell through the ice on Big Stone Lake on the Minnesota-South Dakota border.
According to the Big Stone County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota, the victim was identified as Rodney Gustafson, 62, of Big Stone City, S.D. He was pronounced dead at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, N.D., where he had been airlifted, according to the sheriff’s office.
A caller reported that a white pickup truck had fallen through the ice near Lagoona Beach on Sunday morning.
Divers from the Big Stone City Fire Department Dive Team located a single individual inside the vehicle in the water. Lifesaving measures were initiated before the man, later identified as Gustafson, was airlifted to the Fargo hospital.
The Big Stone Sheriff’s Office said that ice conditions on area lakes have deteriorated with the warmer weather.
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