ONE CHILD DEAD AFTER THREE PEOPLE FALL IN AN ICY POND IN MONTEZUMA

One child dead after three people fall in an icy pond in Montezuma

A 6-year-old boy died after he, another child and a man fell through pond ice in Montezuma. The accident occurred around 2:45 Wednesday afternoon (11/21) at a privately owned pond in Montezuma. First responders were able to get all three out of the frigid water and send them to hospitals.  The Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office says the boy was pronounced dead at a Grinnell hospital. The girl was flown to a Des Moines hospital, and the man was hospitalized in Grinnell.  Their names and their relationships to each other have not been released.

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