Minneapolis, MN : McGregor man dies after ATV crash near Big Sandy Lake on Friday night, March 10, 2017

A 59-year-old man from McGregor, Minn., died Friday night from injuries suffered in an ATV crash near Big Sandy Lake, where the vehicle crashed through thin ice.

The driver, Kevin Lee Futhey, was airlifted to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale on Friday afternoon after authorities found him submerged in about 8 feet of water. He died shortly thereafter, authorities said.

Officers arrived at the scene around 12:15 p.m. on a report from an area resident that someone had broken through the ice on Sandy River Flowage leading to Big Sandy Lake, police said.

Authorities found ATV tracks leading to a hole in the ice, where they discovered a 2015 Polaris Ranger with Futhey in the cab.

At the time of the crash, ice on the lake varied from 3 inches to a half-inch thick — far too thin to drive on. The state Department of Natural Resources recommends that ice be at least 4 inches thick to walk on and 5 to 7 inches thick to support an ATV or snowmobile. Cars or small pickups should venture onto ice only if it is close to a foot thick, the DNR says.

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McGregor man dies after ATV crashes through thin ice