HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978 01-09 Driver, passengers excape in truck's icy Gervais plunge THE REVIEW . passengeráDriver, •
escape in truck ' s
Gervaisicy
plunge
•.Tam g, i97 f
Three men got a surprise when the �
truck that they occupied crashed through
a soft spot in the ice on Lake Gervais on �.
Dec. 30, leaving them unharmed but
without a truck. s
The thin ice was discovered by Richard
Freeman,319 Burr St.,St.Paul when he,
:'114 1.,.,,,.t , :t.Mark Zuercher and Dick Lawler at _
tempted to drive on the lake. The three +j
men had intended to check out the fishing ;
and thought that the ice was safe because ` � l `
there were other cars parked by fish ` y`; $
houses on the lake.
About 300 feet off the shore the 1976 - `
Ford F 250 truck crashed through the ice. +-
Freeman and his passengers escaped the .
sinking truck with no difficulty. "
"We were driving out and the ice just , .,:•, „
crashed through," Freeman recalled the
experience.The truck remained locked in / .,.... *,
the ice with part of the cab and bed
visible.
A tow company was called to pull the
truck out but was not able to do the job
until about 1 am. Tuesday, Jan. 3. The
truck was exte , ' / '' i
nsively damaged while
being pulled out of the ice. The exact
amount of damage has not been deter
mined.
THIN ICE was discovered by Richard
Leroy Freeman, 319 Burr St., St. Paul
when he drove his pick-up truck on Lake �,., 3
Gervais. The 1976 Ford F 2500
truck ;
crashed through the ice Dec.30.Freeman ° F
and his two passengers, Mark Zuercher
and Dick Lawler were able to escape the
truck unharmed as it sank through the
ice.
Review Photo by Tim Engholm