Watch: Police officer enlists man’s dog to help rescue him from icy lake

A dog named Ruby grasps a rescue disc tethered to a rope (Michigan State Police via AP)

A man who fell through the ice on a frozen lake in the US state of Michigan was rescued after a quick-thinking state police officer used the stranded man’s dog to get rescue equipment to him and pull the man to safety.

Bystanders called emergency services on Thursday after the 65-year-old man, from Traverse City, fell through ice-covered Arbutus Lake, state police said.