Arnolds Park, Iowa — We’re learning additional information into a weekend hunting accident in Dickinson county.
As we reported previously, the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office received a report of the incident in the Spring Run Wildlife Management Area around 8:17 am Saturday. A press release from the Iowa DNR says the victim sustained a gunshot wound while waterfowl hunting with friends. The victim was located in the Wildlife Management Area and was airlifted to Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.
According to a GoFundMe created by his aunt, Joe Salmon, a Senior at Okoboji High School, was hunting with friends when he was shot in the head. He was taken to a Sioux Falls Hospital where he was taken into surgery.
In a recent update posted by his aunt, Salmon was placed in a medically-induced coma, and is now “moving his legs a little bit more and squeezing hands.”
Several benefits have been started to help with Salmon’s medical expenses, including a fundraiser at the Ruthven Locker, t-shirts, and a benefit account at Liberty National Bank.
Salmon was among five men who helped rescue a man and his dog last winter after a vehicle they were in went though the ice under the causeway bridge between East and West Lake Okoboji.
(Courtesy Community First Broadcasting station KUOO in Spirit Lake)
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Original story:
Arnolds Park, Iowa – An investigation is underway into a hunting accident this (Saturday) morning at the Spring Run Wildlife Management Area. The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office received a report of the incident around 8:17 am. A press release from the Iowa DNR says the victim sustained a gunshot wound while waterfowl hunting with friends.
The victim was located in the Wildlife Management Area and was airlifted to Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. The victim’s name and condition information haven’t been made available.
The Iowa DNR, Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office, Milford Police Department, Arnolds Park-Okoboji and Milford Fire and Rescue and Lakes Regional Healthcare all responded to the scene.
(Story courtesy of Community First Broadcasting station KUOO in Spirit Lake)
