WINDSOR, ONT. A game of pond hockey went wrong for four teens in LaSalle. LaSalle police say the four youth went to the pond at the Vollmer Culture and Recreation Complex to get a little exercise and play some hockey on Sunday just after 2 p.m. Shortly after getting out onto the ice, the ice broke and all four teens fell into the water. “They were all able to quickly escape the frigid water, however one had submerged under the water for a moment,” said a statement from police. “A parent of one of the teens was on scene at the pond to supervise and quickly called 911 when they observed the four fall through the ice.”
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LaSalle police are asking residents to stay off frozen bodies of water after four teenagers had to pull themselves out of a pond over the weekend.
At roughly 2 p.m. on Sunday, the four teens went to the pond at the Vollmer Culture and Recreation Complex to play hockey, police said in a news release later that day.
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Shortly after getting onto the ice, all four fell through. They were all able to escape the frigid water, but one had been submerged for a moment, police said.
Police, town authorities warn about dangers of ice after 4 teens fall through LaSalle pond
Local police and town authorities are warning the public about the dangers of thin ice after four teens fell into a pond on the weekend.
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Posted: Jan 25, 2021 8:10 AM ET | Last Updated: January 25
LaSalle police say four teens fell through ice at the pond at the Vollmer Culture and Recreation Complex on Sunday.(Jacob Barker/CBC)
Local police and town authorities are warning the public about the dangers of thin ice after four teens fell into a pond on the weekend.
The incident happened on a pond at the Vollmer Culture and Recreation Complex on Sunday, just after 2 p.m.