Three People Rescued From Ice Floe On Strawberry Reservoir
Dec 20, 2020, 8:13 PM | Updated: Dec 21, 2020, 6:17 am
(Wasatch County SAR)
HEBER, Utah – Crews were called out to Strawberry Reservoir after the ice where three people were fishing broke off and started floating away.
Officials with the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office said EMS and Search and Rescue teams were called out to the reservoir around 11:20 a.m. Sunday.
The called told dispatchers there were three people stuck on an iceberg that had started floating away from the bank.
A search and rescue team and an ice rescue team quickly responded with a boat to pull the people and their dog to safety and back to the shore.
Officials warned the incident could have ended very differently, and urged people to take precautions before venturing out onto this ice this early in the season.