Fergus Falls, MN – At around 3 o’clock on Saturday afternoon (June 8th), the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a capsized boat with a person in the water on Halvorson Lake, northwest of Elizabeth.
Responders were able to use a watercraft that was on the lake and rescue the victim, who was later identified as 85-year-old Thomas Harthun of Fergus Falls.
Harthun was treated at the scene and was transported to Lake Region Healthcare.
His condition is unknown, but it is believed to be non-life-threatening in nature.
The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Department, Elizabeth Fire, Otter Tail County Water Patrol, and Ringdahl Ambulance responded to the incident.