Rider drowns at Three Creek Lake

A Monmouth, Oregon, man drowned at Three Creek Lake on Friday, September 14.

According to Deschutes County Sheriff's Office reports, Donovan Burbank, 62, was riding horseback near the water's edge when the horse slipped and both horse and rider went into the lake.

Bystanders tried but failed to rescue the man.

A sheriff's dive unit recovered the drowned man's body in about 20 feet of water 25 feet from the shoreline.

Burbank was a member of the Polk County Sheriff's Posse and a Search & Rescue member.