Nate Coen, KFGO News
FARGO (KFGO) – The Fargo Police Department has identified the man who died after being rescued from the Red River on Monday.
The deceased individual was Trevor Stephens, a 39-year-old Fargo resident.
Fargo Police Lieutenant Matt Siders says Stephens was seen walking on the ice near the Main Avenue bridge before witnesses watched him fall into the river around 2:30 p.m.
Moorhead and Fargo Fire Departments responded and Stephens was recovered from the river shortly after 3:30 p.m. He was taken to a Fargo hospital in critical condition, where he later died.
Emergency responders used a Zodiac boat, which can travel on the ice and in the water.
This incident is still under investigation.
Rescue Crews from the Fargo and Moorhead Fire Departments searching the Red River after a report of a man in the river. (KFGO News Photo / Nate Coen)
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