‘No ice is safe ice’ -- Police issue warning after snowmobile rider killed breaking through ice on Wolverine Lake Man was trapped under water for about an hour, police say Updated: Tags: COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A man riding a snowmobile on a frozen Oakland County lake died Sunday afternoon when his vehicle crashed through the ice. According to authorities, the 26-year-old from Wixom was under the water for an hour before being removed by the Oakland County Dive Team. It happened of Delmonte Street on Wolverine Lake in Commerce Township. A fire chief told Local 4 the snowmobile went under at about 12:30 p.m. The man onboard began to sink deeper and deeper under the water while people nearby started to call 911.