(Radio Iowa/KCCI) – Iowa State University officials say a boat with five members of I-S-U’s Crew Club capsized Sunday morning on Little Wall Lake. Three students were rescued, transferred to the hospital in Ames and released. A dive team recovered one body from the water later on Sunday. The search for a fifth team member was suspended at 8 p.m. Sunday and will resume this (Monday) morning. Hamilton County Sheriff Doug Timmons credits nearby residents for being heroes in the initial response.

According to the Iowa State Crew Club’s website, the team regularly practices at Little Wall Lake, which is two miles south of Jewell. The Hamilton County sheriff says several state and county agencies responded after a 9-1-1 call came in from the scene at about 9:30 Sunday. “At the time that the call came in, there were pretty good northwest winds,” Timmons says, “we’re guessing anywhere from 20-25 mile and hour winds and the lake was pretty rough.”

Little Wall Lake covers 249 acres and is about a 20 minute drive from the I-S-U campus. In a written statement, Iowa State president Wendy Wintersteen said the campus community is heartbroken to learn of this tragic accident and the university is focused on providing support to club members, their families and friends.