Man dies after his leg is cut off by boat propeller on Lake Fenton

FENTON TWP., MI – A man is dead after his leg was cut off by a boat propeller on Lake Fenton.

Genesee County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded at 12:49 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12, to 12052 Brown Street in Fenton Township for a man who severed his leg in a boating accident, a statement from Sheriff Robert Pickell said.

The man, who was later identified as Mark Havey Elmer, 57, was in the water of Lake Fenton in full arrest when a deputy arrived, the statement said.