Fort Collins police are investigating after a Volvo sedan broke through the ice atop a golf course pond early this morning.
Police officers say many details are still being investigated, including an apparent assault that led to the car being driven onto the kidney-shaped pond.
No one was hurt when the car sunk into the eight-foot deep pond at the Fort Collins Country Club north of the city, police said.
In a press release, police spokeswoman Rita Davis said a 19-year-old man reported being the victim of an assault, and sought help at a senior care facility abutting the golf course about 5:30 a.m.
Davis said the man told law enforcement officers that he had been assaulted in north Fort Collins and fled.
Police have not said who was in the car when it crashed through the ice, which is at least three inches thick in places. However, golf course workers have installed two bubblers underneath the water, to ensure the ponds don't freeze over completely.
The 1993 Volvo appeared to have broken through the ice near one of the bubblers.
Course superintendent Grant Yaklich said he saw the car sticking out of the ice as he arrived for work this morning.
"Yep, a car in our lake," he said.
Yaklich said law enforcement officers were already on the scene when he arrived, and he watched them winch the Volvo from the pond near the front entrance of the club.
According to law enforcement officers on the scene this morning, the Volvo's driver could face charges of trespassing and damaging private property for driving onto the lake.
See www.coloradoan.com for updates.
Police officers say many details are still being investigated, including an apparent assault that led to the car being driven onto the kidney-shaped pond.
No one was hurt when the car sunk into the eight-foot deep pond at the Fort Collins Country Club north of the city, police said.
In a press release, police spokeswoman Rita Davis said a 19-year-old man reported being the victim of an assault, and sought help at a senior care facility abutting the golf course about 5:30 a.m.
Davis said the man told law enforcement officers that he had been assaulted in north Fort Collins and fled.
Police have not said who was in the car when it crashed through the ice, which is at least three inches thick in places. However, golf course workers have installed two bubblers underneath the water, to ensure the ponds don't freeze over completely.
The 1993 Volvo appeared to have broken through the ice near one of the bubblers.
Course superintendent Grant Yaklich said he saw the car sticking out of the ice as he arrived for work this morning.
"Yep, a car in our lake," he said.
Yaklich said law enforcement officers were already on the scene when he arrived, and he watched them winch the Volvo from the pond near the front entrance of the club.
According to law enforcement officers on the scene this morning, the Volvo's driver could face charges of trespassing and damaging private property for driving onto the lake.
See www.coloradoan.com for updates.
