ARNOLDS PARK/OKOBOJI FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONDED TO TWO SEPARATE LAKE INCIDENTS THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE FIRST CALL AT 5:49 PM WAS FOR AN A-T-V THAT WENT INTO THE WATER NEAR PILLSBURY POINT WITH FIVE PEOPLE ENDING UP IN THE WATER.
ALL FIVE HAD SELF-RESCUED FROM THE WATER AND WALKED TO SHORE.
TWO WERE TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER EVALUATION AND CARE.
A SECOND A-T-V WITH TWO PEOPLE WENT INTO THE WATER ON EAST LAKE OKOBOJI AROUND 6:50 P.M.
FIRE RESCUE SAYS A BYSTANDER HAD ASSISTED THE TWO FROM THE WATER USING HIS COAT AS A MAKESHIFT ROPE AND WAS ASSISTING THE VERY COLD VICTIMS TO WALK BACK TO THE BRIDGES BAY AREA WHEN THEY WERE MET BY RESCUE CREWS AND TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER EVALUATION AND CARE.
THE ANNUAL OKOBOJI WINTER GAMES ARE UNDERWAY THIS WEEKEND IN THE IOWA LAKES.
Photo courtesy Arnold’s Park / Okoboji Fire & Rescue