PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 10, 2024
Floyd Hardison, 88, drowned after he spent Friday ice fishing with his son and two grandsons on Spring River Lake in Hancock County. After packing their gear, the group was riding back to their parked vehicles about 6 p.m. when the side-by-side ATV that Hardison was riding in broke through the ice. A grandson, who was driving, was able to free himself from the sinking ATV and get onto the ice, but Hardison was unable to get himself out.