Since Thursday, three ice fishermen have died off Grand Isle County after falling through the ice.
Vermont State Police this evening reported the death of a 71-year-old Williamstown man who had been rescued from a UTV that broke through the ice off Grand Isle County this morning. Another man, 88, from East Montpelier, was pronounced dead at the scene. Their names have not been released.
The second death from the UTV submersion brings to three the weekly death toll of ice fishermen in icy waters off Grand Isle County. A Grand Isle ice fisherman died after being plunged into the lake Thursday.