YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A snowmobile along with its rider plunged through thin ice on Gun Lake Friday afternoon, prompting the second ice water rescue response on the lake in less than a week.
The incident happened Friday afternoon shortly before 4 p.m.
Wayland Fire Chief Joe Miller said the rider was able to make it to shore without rescuers. He was checked out by medics on scene but was not seriously injured.
Miller said he is concerned that others may make the same mistake of expecting thicker ice around this time of year.
“The way the weather has been recently — it’s been warm the last few days,” Miller said. “There is ice out there but… You should always be extremely careful when you go out on the ice.”
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