Icy Outcome to Locking Keys in Car

Bummer, but as the officials say, it happens living near the ice. Story sent to me by Mr Buddy of the Heater Company..

random 1994 Buick

After driving onto frozen river, man locks keys in car, engine melts ice
freep.com  | January 21, 2009  |  BY TAMMY STABLES BATTAGLIA, FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

A dive team in Port Huron is fishing a car out of the Black River today after a man who drove onto the ice accidentally locked his keys in the car, and the running engine melted ice beneath it.

“It happens a lot more downriver, in Anchor Bay,” St. Clair County Sheriff’s Lt. Matt Paulus said about fishing vehicles out of the river. The river freezes solid and is often used by snowmobiles and cars during winter months, he added. “We usually get a couple a year. We already had two snowmobiles go in last week.”

The man told police he was looking for his dog when he drove out onto the frozen river from Strawberry Lane in Port Huron Township on Tuesday afternoon, Port Huron City Police Lt. Thom Case said. The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office dive team planned today to help fish out the 1994 Buick, a loaner from a local collision shop while his car was being repaired.