By Associated Press - Thursday, January 26, 2017

WESTMORE, Vt. (AP) - State police say an Orleans man has died after falling through the ice on Lake Willoughby in northern Vermont.

Sixty-two-year-old Richard Leblanc fell through the ice about 50 feet from shore on Thursday morning.

WCAX-TV reports (https://bit.ly/2k8Oa8Q ) that he was pulled from the water and rushed to the hospital but he did not survive.



An autopsy is planned.

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