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.

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

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.