Wishek  (WDAY)  A Bismarck man has been identified by the McIntosh County Sheriff’s Office, as the person who drowned, Wednesday, near the Wishek Landfill.

66 year old Dennis Foss, of Bismarck, fell into the pond while taking water samples at the Jahner Landfill.

The Stutsman County ROV team was called to the scene to assist, Wednesday morning, with the underwater search vehicle use to locate Foss’s body which was removed  from the pond.

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Wishek, ND  (Bismarck Tribune)  The McIntosh Sheriff’s Department reports  a 66 year old man’s body was recovered in a chemical pond in Wishek.

Sheriff Laurie Spitzer reports the body was found around 1-p.m. at the Jahner Landfill.

Called to the scene to assist was the Stutsman County Dive and Rescue Team assisting in the recovery of his body.

Sheriff Spitzer says it appears the drowning was accidental and no foul play is suspect foul is suspected.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that the man was  chemical testing when he fell in and drowned. He was alone at the time of the incident.

The man’s name and residence were not immediately released.