Three fishermen fell through the ice while trying to walk on Big Turkey Lake.
Credit: Indiana DNR
Author: WTHR.com staff
Updated: 12:24 PM EST January 7, 2021
STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. — Indiana conservation officers helped rescue three men who fell through the ice on Big Turkey Lake in Steuben County Wednesday.
Around 3:30 p.m., officers got the call that fishermen had fallen through the ice near 10200 west block of County Road 475 South. Brad Levitz, 61, and his son, Bradley Levitz, 40, were trying to walk on the ice. The father realized the danger and began to return to shore when the son fell through the ice, about 200 yards away from land.