Danny Smith just wanted to eat a falafel.

The senior had just returned to Northfield on Tuesday afternoon from the Twin Cities after dropping his brother off at the airport and making a stop for some food. When he got back to town, he stopped at campus to visit a friend. When he came back out about 1 p.m., his truck, which was parked up the hill from Lyman Lake, was gone.

"There was nothing to put my key in," Smith said. He followed the tire tracks to find his Toyota T100 mostly submerged in the partially iced-over water of Lyman Lake.

"There's very little I can do at this point. I'm a strong swimmer," he joked, "but not strong enough." No one was in the vehicle when it rolled into the lake and no one was injured.

Smith believes the brakes must have failed and somehow the transmission was not in gear.

Carleton College security and were on scene to help.

_____________________ A pickup truck that had been parked in a Carleton College parking lot early Tuesday afternoon rolled into Lyman Lake.