Lindon man dies after being rescued from sinking truck at Quail Creek
Utah State Parks
and last updated 2021-01-15 21:42:48-05
HURRICANE, Utah â A man who was airlifted to a hospital after his pickup truck submerged into Quail Creek State Park earlier this week has died.
On Tuesday afternoon, 80-year-old Doug M. Schaerrer of Lindon was inside the truck with a boat on a trailer on the boat ramp at the state park when the vehicle went backward into the water.
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Doug M. Schaerrer
As it submerged, State Park Ranger Dylan Urban broke a window of the truck, pulled Schaerrer out and gave him CPR until paramedics arrived.
HURRICANE An 80-year-old man died on Tuesday after his truck and trailered boat became submerged while backing down a boat ramp at Quail Creek State Park.
According to a news release from the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation, State Park Ranger Dylan Urban was dispatched to the boat ramp at Quail Creek at about 4 p.m. Tuesday after witnesses reported seeing a man stuck in the truck as it went under water.
Urban broke through the submerged truck window and was able to retrieve the man, the release says, then performed CPR until medical assistance arrived.
The man, identified as Doug M. Schaerrer, of Lindon, was transported to Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital; he died the following day, according to officials.