28-01-2025
Truck falls through ice on Oak Lake
SIOUX FALLS SD (KELO) — Authorities in Brookings County responded to a pickup truck that fell through the ice on Oak Lake on Saturday.
According to the Brookings County Sheriff's Office, deputies and White Fire Department were dispatched after a 2015 Chevy 1500 went into the water on Oak Lake around 11 p.m. Saturday. The driver said he was traveling from one ice fish house to another when he noticed open water ahead of him.
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The driver was unable to stop the vehicle and it entered open water. The driver was able to get out of the pickup and onto stable ice without being injured.
Water remains open on some spots in the eastern part of the state.
Ice fishing experts and the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department remind anglers ice conditions continue to vary widely and water remains open on many lakes in eastern South Dakota.
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