STATE POLICE IN CANTON SAY FOUR SNOWMOBILES WERE TRAVELING ON THE ICE IN A LINE SOUTH ON THE RESERVOIR IN THE TOWN OF PARISHVILLE ABOUT 8PM, WHEN THE FRONT TWO SLEDS—OPERATED BY 78-YEAR-OLD ROBERT CAMPBELL OF CANTON AND 87-YEAR-OLD ROBERT WHALEN OF NORWOOD--BECAME SUBMERGED IN OPEN WATER. CAMPBELL'S SON, DANIEL AND THE FOURTH SNOWMOBILER IDENTIFIED AS DAVID LIVINGSTON CALLED 911. THEY BORROWED A CANOE AND TIED TO RESCUE THE OTHER TWO MEN, BUT DANIEL CAMPBELL FELL THROUGH.

PARISHVILLE FIRE AND RESCUE, COLTON FIRE AND RESCUE, MASSENA RESCUE DIVERS, LISBON DIVERS, WADDINGTON RESCUE DIVERS WITH AN ICEBOAT, AND POTSDAM RESCUE ALL CONVERGED ON THE SCENE WITH STATE POLICE, THE ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND STATE ENCON OFFICERS.

DANIEL CAMPBELL SURVIVED; HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO CANTON-POTSDAM HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR HYPOTHERMIA. HIS FATHER AND WHALEN WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL.  LIVINGSTON WAS UNHURT.