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Quail Creek State Park
SALT LAKE CITY A Utah County man who died after an accident at the boat ramp at Quail Creek State Park Wednesday has been identified by parks officials.
Doug M. Schaerrer, 80, of Lindon, died at St. George Regional Hospital after being pulled from his submerged vehicle by a state park ranger around 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Witnesses summoned help after a man who was backing a truck pulling a trailered boat down the boat ramp became submerged in the water, according to the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation. Ranger Dylan Urban was dispatched to the boat ramp, and he was able to break through the window of Schaerrer’s truck and pull him to shore.