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Bayport, Minn.

Missing boater in Washington County found alive

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Updated: 2:02 p.m. | Posted: 10:58 a.m.

A man missing after a boat crash on the St. Croix River near Bayport has turned up alive.

The Washington County Sheriff's Department identified the man as 36-year-old Jason Elgersma of Minneapolis.

The department said Elgersma was found on Monday.

Elgersma and a passenger, identified as 35-year-old Kristin Erickson of Minneapolis, were on the boat when it started to take on water about 3 a.m. Sunday. Erickson made it to shore. Elgersma was nowhere to be found.

Sheriff's authorities say efforts are underway to retrieve the boat from the river.