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Davenport man dies when car breaks thru the ice

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February 8th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Authorities in the Quad Cities say two Davenport men were in a car that plunged through the ice and sank in the Mississippi River early Sunday. Construction workers in Moline, Illinois, spotted tire tracks in the new snow and saw that barricades in a parking lot along the river were gone. On closer inspection, they saw a hole in the ice and found a man lying nearby. The 21-year-old was rushed to a hospital in critical condition.

The car was under about eight feet of water and rescue teams were able to pull it out — and inside, found the body of a 32-year-old man. Neither of the Davenporters’ names were released. Moline police say alcohol was likely a factor in the accident.