Pickup Falls Through the Ice Near Paynesville
PAYNESVILLE - Another vehicle has fallen through the ice on a Stearns County Lake. The Sheriff's Office says they were called just before 12:30 a.m. Sunday to Lake Koronis, about two miles south of Paynesville.
The driver, 39-year-old Anousone Keobounpheng of Richfield, made it out of the pickup and found help from some other people who were fishing on the lake.
He was driving a 2010 Chevrolet pickup on the ice when he got lost on the lake. He saw open water in front of him and could not stop. The pickup went into the lake and was partially submerged.
The Stearns County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Paynesville Ambulance. Keopbounpheng was not hurt.