A 3 year old girl is dead and a 39 year old man presumed drowned after the child fell from a pontoon boat in Houghton Lake.  The man tried to save the girl.  The girl was being held over the water on the back of the boat to urinate when a wave hit the boat and she fell into the water.  The child was pulled from the water and pronounced dead.  Authorities searched for the man.  They said it was unclear who on the boat was holding the child at the time she fell.   The child and missing man were from Roscommon County.
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