Connecticut
Connecticut teen rescued from pond dead after swimming with friends
An adolescent died swimming in a Connecticut Saturday as he tried to flee a scorching heatwave within the area, officers mentioned.
The 16-year-old boy was pulled from Uncas Pond in Lyme after authorities responded to a report of a lacking swimmer round 4:30 p.m., officers instructed The New Haven Register.
Based on the Connecticut Division of Power and Environmental Safety, the unidentified teen was swimming within the pond with associates however went underneath and by no means resurfaced.
Dive groups from from native companies and Connecticut State Police in addition to DEEP Environmental Conservation Police labored to recuperate the boy.
He was delivered to the shoreline and given CPR earlier than he was transported to Shoreline Clinic in Westbrook the place he was pronounced useless, officers mentioned.