BAUDETTE, Minn. – A Wisconsin man was the person who drowned Thursday morning when a tracked vehicle broke through the ice near Flag Island on Lake of the Woods in northern Minnesota.
He was 78-year-old John Frey of Prairie Du Sac, Wisc. He was unable to escape when the machine broke through the ice while heading to a fishing location. The ice was estimated to be about a foot thick.
The Lake of the Woods County Sheriff’s Office, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and Dept. of Natural Resources began an immediate search and the Cass County Lakes Area Dive Team based in Walker was called to assist.
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