January 26, 2012
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BOCES student rescued from partially ice covered pond
LIBERTY – Police rescued an 18-year-old BOCES student who left the campus in Liberty and ran off into a wooded area when he tried to swim across a partially frozen pond and became stuck in chest deep water halfway across.
The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office and Liberty State Police rescued the youth Tuesday.
Trooper Stephen Johnstone threw a rescue rope to the student, who refused to grab on. When the student became lethargic, the trooper and a volunteer fireman entered the water and retrieved him before he became submerged in the pond.
He was transported to Catskill Regional Medical Center for hypothermia and a mental health evaluation.
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