OTTERTAIL, Minn. — Authorities have identified a 64-year-old man who died after his snowmobile fell into Otter Tail Lake on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 7.
The man, Scott Simdorn of Ottertail, was pulled from the water and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office.
Rescue crews were called to the northeast side of Otter Tail Lake about 7:30 p.m. Saturday on a report of two snowmobiles and an ATV in the water, according to the sheriff's office. When crews arrived, everyone was accounted for except Simdorn.
The incident remains under investigation.
Otter Tail Lake is east of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, about 80 miles southeast of Fargo.
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