‘No ice is safe ice’ Police issue warning after snowmobile rider killed breaking through ice on Wolverine Lake
Man was trapped under water for about an hour, police say
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COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A man riding a snowmobile on a frozen Oakland County lake died Sunday afternoon when his vehicle crashed through the ice.
According to authorities, the 26-year-old from Wixom was under the water for an hour before being removed by the Oakland County Dive Team.
It happened of Delmonte Street on Wolverine Lake in Commerce Township.
A fire chief told Local 4 the snowmobile went under at about 12:30 p.m. The man onboard began to sink deeper and deeper under the water while people nearby started to call 911.