ATV Rider Rescued from Icy Waters
Saturday morning incident took place just north of Lake Minnetonka on Lake Sarah.
A 57-year-old man from St. Bonifacius was planning to ice fish Saturday morning and was driving an ATV on Lake Sarah, just north of Lake Minnetonka in Independence, when he drove into open water about 200 yards from shore. The man began yelling for help from the water and two men responded. The two rescuers were men who both live on Lake Sarah. They pushed a ladder to the man in the water and they pulled him to shore. The Hennepin County Sheriff Office and Medina Police Department, West Hennepin Police Department, Loretto Fire Department and North Memorial Ambulance responded. The ATV operator was transported to a hospital in Waconia. He is expected to recover. Increasingly unpredictable ice conditions resulting from unseasonably warm …
