‘Pretty easy deal’: Tow companies pull half-submerged Buick from White Bear Lake

A white 2008 Buick Lucerne that was stuck in the ice on White Bear Lake for nearly a month was set free on Thursday.

“This is actually the 13th one we’ve done this year,” said Sam Nelson, CEO of Rex Towing, one of the businesses that helped get the car out of the lake. “Pretty easy deal.”

The car has been stuck since Jan. 27 when the owner, a 41-year-old man, drove it over a pressure ridge on the frozen lake at night and it broke through the ice. The owner was able to get out of the car and left it half-submerged…

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