Man Dies After Falling Thru the Ice (update)

On February 28, at 5:07pm Des Moines County Sheriff’s deputies along with the Mediapolis Fire Department responded to an address in rural Mediapolis after receiving a 911 call from a male asking for help. Sheriff deputies and fire personnel arrived and found an adult male who had falling through the ice while fishing. After pulling this subject to safety it was learned that a second male subject had also fallen through the ice and was still under the water. Mediapolis Fire Department utilized their training and equipment to begin searching for this second subject. At 6:35pm the second subject was pulled from the water. Both subjects were transported to the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center. The two subjects are brothers, ages 69 and 71, Patrick and Michael Vaughn from Davenport Iowa. Patrick Vaughn was pronounced deceased at Southeast Iowa Medical Center upon arrival.