WINNIPEG -- An afternoon at a Brandon park took an unexpected turn for three city workers who worked together to rescue a deer that had fallen through the ice on the Assiniboine River. Several city workers in Brandon were going about their regular duties at Queen Elizabeth Park on Wednesday afternoon when some residents told them a deer was stuck on the river. "The deer was in open water, trying to get onto the ice, and was unable to do so," Merrilea Price, a communications officer for the City of Brandon, told CTV News in an email. Price said three workers – Michael Atkins, Sean Fleming, and Tyler Skinner – all from the city's Parks & Recreation department, jumped into action, using rope they had in their arborist trucks.