Police/Fire

Tragic Drowning in Local Pond

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Report from the Central Fire Department

The Central Fire Department responded to a drowning at 14848 Bon Dickey 1:23pm on Saturday, January 7. Several juveniles were playing around the pond when the 14 year old went into the water and never surfaced.  The Central Fire Department Dive Team was dispatched and made the recovery at 1:45pm. EMS crew and Central Firefighters were staged on the edge of the pond and immediately started life saving measures on the patient. The Fire Department sent in two EMT’s to assist the EMS crew in route to a local hospital. The boy passed away later that day.