Sheriff: 8-year-old Iowa boy who fell through ice has died
By KCCI staff
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MORAVIA, Iowa (KCCI) — Appanoose County Sheriff Gary Anderson confirmed Tuesday afternoon that an 8-year-old boy who fell through the ice of a rural pond has died.
According to the sheriff’s office, deputies received a report of a possible drowning shortly after 3 p.m. Monday in the 27000 block of Highway J3T. The boy had been fishing at a pond near his family’s residence when he fell through the ice.
Authorities said the child had been fishing for approximately 45 minutes when his parents went to check on him and could not locate him. They then noticed a hole in the ice and called 911.
Emergency responders found the boy unresponsive in the water about 25 yards from the shoreline. Personnel from the Centerville Fire and Rescue Department used ice rescue suits to recover him approximately 42 minutes after the initial call before he was taken by air ambulance to a hospital in the Des Moines area.
The incident remains under investigation.
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