The man who froze to death after falling through the ice on Nichols Reservoir on Saturday was 46-year-old Tony Ikehara, a Colorado Springs resident and optometrist, authorities said Monday.

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office was called to the reservoir near Rampart Range Road about 12:15 p.m. Sunday to investigate a report of a body on the shore.

Deputies found that Ikehara had been ice fishing on the lake when he fell into the water. He pulled himself from the water and toward the shore but succumbed to the cold.

His body had apparently been there overnight before it was discovered, the Sheriff’s Office said.

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