AIRBOAT OPERATOR WITH ONE PASSENGER WAS MAKING A SHARP LEFT TURN WHEN AIRBOAT SKIDDED TO THE RIGHT AND FLIPPED ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE & THE RIGHT SIDE RUNNER BROKE THROUGH THIN ICE, THROWING OPERATOR & PASSENGER INTO THE WATER. WATER DEPTH WAS SHALLOW SO BOTH COULD STAND UP. OPERATOR ASSISTED PASSENGER ON TO THE ICE & THEN TO SHORE. OPERATOR THEN WENT BACK AND ATTEMPTED TO GET AIRBOAT RIGHT SIDE UP. BOTH MEN HAD EXPOSURE TO COLD WATER & THE ELEMENTS BEFORE RESCUE. INTERSTATE EMS TRANSPORTED BOTH MEN TO PRAIRIE DU CHIEN HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF HYPOTHERMIA.
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN TOWNSHIP     