A North Dakota man allegedly drowned in a northern Minnesota lake on Aug. 9, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post.
The sheriff’s office received reports shortly before 6 p.m. of a person who allegedly went in the water while boating on Cass Lake and hadn’t resurfaced, prompting multiple agencies to respond and begin searching the area.
An investigation determined the man, a 41-year-old from Grafton, North Dakota, allegedly exited a pontoon to work on an issue with the boat’s motor and didn’t resurface, the sheriff’s office said. While juveniles supposedly tried to throw the man a life jacket, the boat began to drift in high winds before it was intercepted by other boaters on the lake.
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The man’s body was recovered from the water shortly before 8 p.m., the sheriff’s office said. According to the sheriff’s office, he wasn’t wearing a life jacket at the time of the incident.
An autopsy is scheduled with the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office. The man’s identity is being withheld as authorities notify family members.
This article originally appeared on St. Cloud Times: ND man dies after allegedly exiting pontoon in Minnesota’s Cass Lake
