The Minnesota State Patrol is mourning the loss of a trooper who drowned in a northeastern South Dakota lake over the weekend. According to the Day County Sheriff's Office, Mollie McClure went missing early Sunday evening after jumping off a boat to swim in Waubay Lake in the town of Webster,

Cause of death revealed for Trooper Mollie McClure after South Dakota lake tragedy originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Drowning was the cause of death for Mollie McClure, the Minnesota State Patrol trooper who died Sunday in an off-duty incident on a South Dakota lake, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

ST. CLOUD — A St. Cloud state patrol trooper died Sunday in an off-duty accident in South Dakota. Minnesota State Patrol Trooper Mollie McClure died in the accident on Waubay Lake in Waubay, South Dakota, according to a news release from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.