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Name released of Lindon man who died after being pulled from sinking truck

Doug Schaerrer, 80, was trapped inside truck backing down ramp at Quail Creek State Park.

(Courtesy of the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation) Doug Schaerrer of Lindon died Wednesday at Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital, according to a Utah Division of Parks and Recreation news release. He was 80.

  | Jan. 16, 2021, 3:18 a.m.
| Updated: 4:28 a.m.

An 80-year-old man died after a ranger rescued him from a sinking truck at Quail Creek State Park.

Doug Schaerrer of Lindon died Wednesday at Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital, according to a Utah Division of Parks and Recreation news release.

Ranger Dylan Urban went to a boat ramp at Quail Creek on Tuesday after witnesses saw Schaerrer trapped in inside his truck, which was backing down the ramp and filling with water. Urban broke the truck window and got Schaerrer out. Urban performed CPR until emergency medical units arrived on scene. Schaerrer was taken to the hospital where he later died.

The incident is under investigation.