Neighbor Rescues Two Women, Dog from Frozen Pond

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GREENWOOD, Ind. (WISH) — First responders say someone in Greenwood helped rescue a woman and her daughter Friday evening, after they both fell through the ice on a pond.

The fire department was called about 5 p.m. Friday to the retention pond behind homes in the first block of Winterwood Drive. That’s in the Summerfield Village housing subdivision, just west of U.S. 31.

Before emergency crews arrived, the 50-year-old mother had fallen through the ice while trying to rescue her dog, and her daughter then attempted to help her mother before also going into the water. They all left the water after a neighbor used a rope to pull them to safety.

The two women were believed to have been in the water for 5-10 minutes, according to a release from Tyler Swardson, the Public Information Officer for the fire department.

Greenwood Police Department officers and the neighbor then helped the women, eventually putting them into ambulances. They were stable when taken to hospitals.