2 children hospitalized after falling through ice on Markgrafs Lake in Woodbury

2 children hospitalized after falling through ice on Markgrafs Lake in Woodbury. On Monday afternoon, two kids fell through the ice on Markgrafs Lake in Woodbury and ended up in the hospital.

According to Woodbury public safety officials, emergency responders were called to the lake at 4:30 p.m. after receiving a complaint of a youngster breaking through the ice.

According to authorities, a 16-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl were pulled from the lake and sent to the hospital. According to an update released on Tuesday, the child is in serious condition and the daughter is doing “ok”.

According to Woodbury Fire Department Captain Michael Martin, the Markgrafs Lake event was one of two water crises that occurred in Woodbury on Monday. In the department’s first rescue in two decades, first responders rescued an adult man who had fallen through thin ice on another lake.

It took three hours to retrieve the children.

“These rescue situations are not urgent. We can quickly assemble a lot of our equipment. We need to bring a large number of units to the site. It takes a bit for us to put that equipment together because putting on a cold water suit isn’t even as quick as putting on fireman bunker gear,” Martin told WCCO. We had to struggle through some ice yesterday since it would not stay steady. The rescuers repeatedly broke through the ice when they attempted to tread on it.

According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources‘ rules, ice must be at least four inches thick in order for people to walk on it or ice fish, and even thicker in order for people to drive ATVs or other vehicles. Although there are various methods for determining the depth of the ice, the agency points out that no ice is completely secure.

Because conditions vary, Martin suggests staying off the ice until winter is farther along. He emphasized that it is dangerous wherever on the lake where there is open water, even if other areas are frozen.

However, there is a risk that a lake won’t have stable ice there. There could be open water in one spot, two inches in another, and six inches in a third,” he stated. “And that’s exactly what we had happen yesterday.”

Experts advise turning horizontal and quickly kicking your legs if you do fall through the ice. If you are able to get back on the ice, crawl on all fours to avoid falling through it again. You should ask for aid instead of trying to save someone else who has fallen through the ice.

Michael Quandt

Michael Quandt

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