Three people, had been out fishing and were heading back to shore at about 6:30 p.m., when they apparently all went unconscious. One man woke up about 4 ½ hours later in the dark on the stalled boat. He started the boat and headed toward shore. He used the spotlight to get the attention of some people on shore and yelled for them to call 911. He ran the boat up onto the shore. Authorities arrived about 11:30 p.m. and found the bodies of two men who had died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty exhaust system. The operator was bruised and banged up and very cold. He was taken to a Grand Forks hospital. It is unknown who was operating the boat before the men became unconscious. The operator listed is the man who got the boat to shore after the accident.
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