DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (Valley News Live) A 64-year-old man from Grand Forks has been pronounced dead after being pulled from Devils Lake.
It happened Monday afternoon around 4:00pm
Ramsey County Sheriff Steve Nelson says The man was launching his boat, when the boat came off his trailer and the wind started to push it away from the shore.
Nelson says the man jumped into the water and tried to swim to the boat, but it continued to float further away. The man eventually got tired and started to swim back to shore before he went under water.
Another boat was able to locate the man and pulled him from the water and brought him to shore.
The man was transported to the Devils Lake hospital where he died.
His name has not been released.
ORIGINAL STORY: The Ramsey County Sheriff's Department has confirmed a man died on Devils Lake.
The Sheriff's office says it happened sometime Monday, Aug. 6.
No other information was released.
Stay with Valley News Live as we continue to investigate.
Sad deal. Prayers to the family.