The body of a 77-year-old man was found in a lake in New Brighton just after noon Monday.
Man's body pulled from New Brighton lake
The 77-year-old New Brighton resident had been fishing, a sheriff's spokesman said.
September 5, 2022 at 10:27PM
The body was spotted about 30 feet from shore in Long Lake and an off-duty firefighter brought the man to shore, said Steve Linders, a spokesman for the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office.
Allina medics worked to save the man but he was pronounced dead at the scene, Linders said.
The man, who was from New Brighton, had been fishing from shore, Linders said.
The pilot was the only person inside the plane, and was not injured in the emergency landing, according to the State Patrol.
