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.

In 2023, McClure went viral when the department shared a video of her rescuing a baby deer that was caught in a fence. McClure heard the sounds of the crying deer, then wiggled the fawn from the fence to reunite it with its mother, the video shows.

The Minnesota State Patrol is mourning the loss of a trooper who drowned in a South Dakota lake over the weekend.