The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were dispatched to the 3300-mile of Marsh Avenue near Laurel to investigate a car submerged in a farm pond around 2 p.m. Tuesday.
The sheriff’s office called in the Story County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team to help recover the car due to the partially frozen water and location of the car in the pond.
The occupant of the car is identified as Ricky Dean Pierson, 60, of Laurel. He was pronounced dead at the scene.