Man dies, 2nd rescued after falling through ice
Posted: 01/04/2013
CAMBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a fisherman has died and another was hospitalized after they fell through ice on a lake in Lenawee County.
The sheriff's department says 62-year-old Michael Shofstall of Saline was pronounced dead at a Jackson hospital after the accident Thursday on Timber Lake.
The lake is located in Cambridge Township, about 60 miles southwest of Detroit.
The sheriff's department says 62-year-old Gerald Lee Smith of Grass Lake was being treated at a hospital.
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