Sheriff's Office: Man Killed in Apparent Electrocution on Minn. Lake

An Owatonna man died Tuesday when he was reportedly electrocuted on a northern Minnesota lake.

First responders were called to Hill Top Trail in Cohasset around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday on a report that three people had possibly been shocked by an extension cord that had fallen from a boat lift into Pokegama Lake.

The Itasca County Sheriff's Office says one of the victims, 22-year-old Robert Stoen, was found unresponsive in the water and taken to Grand Itasca Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Two others, 35-year-old Eric Hancock and 57-year-old Cheryl Hancock, also from Owatonna, were hospitalized in serious but stable condition.

An investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.

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