Update: Crews Rescue Man, Recover Body of Another on MN Lake

LONGVILLE (WJON News) -- Authorities have rescued one man and recovered the body of another after an ATV broke through the ice on a northern Minnesota lake.

The Cass County Sheriff's Office says the incident happened just before 6:00 p.m. on Monday on Blackwater Lake near Longville.

Responders and Deputies arrived in the area and found a 20-year-old man in the water.

He was rescued and transported to shore where he was treated by EMS for exposure and hypothermia before being transported to a St. Cloud Hospital via helicopter.

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Sheriff Bryan Welk says the body of the victim, an 18-year-old man, was located and recovered from the lake at 12:55 p.m. Tuesday.

An autopsy is scheduled with the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office. Identification of the victims is being withheld pending notification of family members.

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