It was relatives who alerted SOS after finding the man in the water. They had then searched for him for several hours. According to the rescue service, it was difficult to get to the scene.
– There was no passable road all the way to the front, so we had to get there on foot and with a tracked wagon, says Jonas Edberg, officer on duty at the rescue service.
They got the elderly man ashore and started cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but his life could not be saved. The police do not suspect any crime.