Saturday, July 7, 2012
Details are still coming into focus, but initial reports indicate a drowning or near drowning occurred Saturday afternoon.
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Saturday, July 7, 2012
Emergency responders from multiple agencies responded to Baker Park Preserve in Maple Plain Saturday afternoon for what initial reports indicate was a drowning. Police Clips posted on its Facebook page that the victim had been pulled from the water after being found floating face down and that CPR had begun. An air unit from North Memorial was also dispatched to the scene. Baker Park Preserve is operated by the Three Rivers Park District and located on Lake Independence. Patch will have additional updates to this story as they become available.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Medical examiner has ruled the death an accident, consistent with freshwater drowning.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has released the identity of a Long Lake man who drowned in Lake Independence last week. Charles Dollar, 67, went out fishing Thursday morning. Three Rivers Park police found his boat adrift later that night. Multiple law enforcement agencies launched a search for Dollar that continued into Friday afternoon. Divers found his body in about six and a half feet of murky water near the dock at the Baker Park boat launch on the southwest side of the lake. The medical examiner has ruled the death an accident, consistent with freshwater drowning.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Victim's identity has not been released.
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Friday, June 8, 2012
The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has recovered the body of an apparent drowning victim from Lake Independence. The victim, a man in his 60s, had been missing since yesterday morning. Multiple law enforcement agencies had been conducting a search since responding to the incident. A combined sonar/diver search was underway when a diver located the body in six and a half feet of murky water near the dock at the Baker Park boat launch on the southwest side of the lake. On Thursday, June 7, at approximately 10:30 p.m., the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by Three Rivers Park Police regarding a fishing boat found adrift on Lake Independence. It was learned that an adult male in his 60s from Long Lake had gone out fishing …
Jay Corn
10:22 am on Monday, July 9, 2012
Death at Baker Park Preserve in Maple Plain over the weekend was not a drowning and not water related. The individual died of a heart attack, according to source. more ›