Anyone hear about a car going through the ice on Cooks Bay in Minnetonka?

  • das_bass
    Mound, MN
    Posts: 332
    January 30, 2015 at 1:50 pm #1504951

    My wife called today to tell me she got a post from a friend that they had seen a post about a car going through the ice in Cooks Bay on Lake Minnetonka. Has anyone heard anything about this?

    Thanks

    fish-them-all
    Oakdale, MN
    Posts: 1189
    January 30, 2015 at 3:36 pm #1505004

    Heard the car went through southeast of hardscrabble pt. Looks like there are some shallow areas there that may have opened up with the warm weather.

    cpetey
    Onalaska, Wi
    Posts: 1193
    January 30, 2015 at 4:49 pm #1505018

    Here’s the story from the guy:

    This is more of a notification to those who ice fish than a status update. Went out to Tonka last night, Cooks bay, a solid 15-16 inches of ice, drove out but didn’t drive home. SUV found a weak spot, ice was about an inch and a half thick.10 feet to the left 12″, 10 feet to the right and in front of me the same, 11-12″. If you look at the pictures you can see tire marks going right over it. Adrenaline had to be at an all time high. Front end broke through on passenger side and I gunned it, wedged the front end on some ice, airbags deployed, window wasn’t going down, sunroof wouldn’t open tried to punch threw it but it wasn’t breaking, got the driver window down enough to get my hands in and I yanked it down, threw my dog out and climbed onto the ice, ice was up to the door handles by then. Made it out with only a couple of scratches on my face and bruised knuckles. Cliche to say no ice is safe ice, but it’s true. Be safe out there. Middle of the lake, no pressure ridge, nothing to indicate it would be a problem. It was about 12 feet deep and took about a minute to hit bottom. Been driving on the ice since I could, always thought “could never happen to me, I’m careful. Maybe I should’ve just walked out.

    Dutchboy
    Central Mn.
    Posts: 16786
    January 30, 2015 at 4:59 pm #1505021

    Glad nobody was killed.

    No such thing as safe ice.

    castle-rock-clown
    Posts: 2596
    January 30, 2015 at 8:59 pm #1505107

    Well, he had to be going at least 25 mph for the bags to deploy when contacting a stationary object. How fast do you guys drive your trucks on the ice. Also do you unseatbelt yourself and have the windows down?

    TripleA
    Blaine
    Posts: 655
    January 30, 2015 at 10:00 pm #1505115
    castle-rock-clown wrote:

    Well, he had to be going at least 25 mph for the bags to deploy when contacting a stationary object. How fast do you guys drive your trucks on the ice. Also do you unseatbelt yourself and have the windows down?

    meh. no reason to instigate. Just be happy everyones ok.

    castle-rock-clown
    Posts: 2596
    January 30, 2015 at 10:05 pm #1505117

    Not intending to instigate, more interested in educate. Its after misfortune that people tend to pay more attention, and by that may learn something that may save their life.

    Alex browne
    Posts: 97
    January 30, 2015 at 11:43 pm #1505133
    castle-rock-clown wrote:

    Well, he had to be going at least 25 mph for the bags to deploy when contacting a stationary object. How fast do you guys drive your trucks on the ice. Also do you unseatbelt yourself and have the windows down?

    must be a safety feature for extra floatation. . doah

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