Safety urged as winter nears
Winter Hazard Awareness Week is Nov. 9-13. The emergency manager in Lake City and Wabasha County emergency management would like to remind people of these important tips:
• Many people drown each year when they fall through the ice.
• Approximately 65 percent of all ice drownings are vehicle related.
• Several children die almost every year in ice-related accidents.
• Last winter, 14 people died in Minnesota in snowmobile accidents.
• Eight of the snowmobile deaths were alcohol or drug related.
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