A Kellogg man helped rescue a colleague out of an ice-covered stream Friday morning at the Asa Marshall bridge along English Creek southwest of Knoxville.
Bentley Huebner, of Kellogg, was the first responder in the rescue of colleague George Brown of Chariton, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
The incident occurred at the bridge construction site led by Herberger Construction of Indianola. While setting steel beams for the bridge, Brown fell approximately 12 feet and broke through the ice-covered water of English Creek. He went under the ice and fell unconscious, reports show.
Job superintendent Huebner went in after him. Colleagues Jon Garrison of Knoxville and Don Stoops of Bussey were also at assistance and helped pull Brown to the creek bank, where he then started breathing.
The men used a crane and dropped a basket down so Brown could be loaded and brought up and out of the ravine.
Marion County Sheriff Jason Sandholdt along with deputies, the Knoxville Township Fire Department and the Knoxville Fire and Rescue responded to the scene.
Brown was transported to a Des Moines hospital and is in fair condition.
The county had closed the bridge earlier this month, and a replacement bridge is being built in its place. The project is scheduled to finish between the end of March and mid April, according the Marion County Engineer’s Office.