Overview
- Police say the 36-year-old went through the ice about 100 feet from shore on Jan. 4 as officers arrived to find neighbors aiding him.
- Resident Wade Wines provided ice picks and a rope, pulling the rider from the water before Holly officers helped move him to a waiting ambulance.
- Adam Brewer identified himself as the victim and reported moderate hypothermia, several broken ribs, and bruised lungs after hospital treatment.
- The Oakland County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Team later recovered the snowmobile from the lake bottom.
- Holly police urged caution, reiterating that no ice is safe ice as the sheriff’s office noted this was the third ice-rescue call in less than a day.