Farmington police and firefighters found a body inside a partially submerged vehicle in a pond off Cascade Drive on Saturday morning, the Farmington Police Department says.
Officers and firefighters were sent to Cascade Drive just before 8 a.m. Nov. 14 for reports of a vehicle crash that included a submerged vehicle, the department said. Responders confirmed a vehicle was partly underwater and entered the water, where they found a dead person inside.
The Dakota County Medical Examiner’s Office took the person for identification and a determination of the cause and manner of death, according to police.
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Police are asking for help from the public. “We are looking for any information from the community with the details that might have led up to the vehicle entering the pond,” Capt. Bob Sauter said in the department’s statement.
The investigation remains active. Anyone with information about how the vehicle entered the water is asked to call the Farmington Police Department at 651-280-6700.
The department posted its statement at 1:12 p.m. Saturday.
