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Snowmobile goes through ice on Lake Champlain

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ST. ALBANS TOWN, Vt. -

There was an ice rescue on Lake Champlain Tuesday.

A snowmobiler was riding about 700 feet off Sampson Point in St. Albans Town when his machine fell through the ice.

"The gentleman who fell through the ice was able to call 911 through his cellphone. They were in contact with him the whole time he was three-quarters submerged in the water," said Randy Swann, the assistant fire chief in St. Albans Town.

The St. Albans Town water rescue squad was able to pull Gary Girard, 53, from the water. He was transported to the hospital in St. Albans for treatment of hypothermia. His snowmobile is still in the water.

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