Overview
- The incident occurred Wednesday at Woolman Lake in Mount Holly, Burlington County, according to police.
- Police said the three were walking on a partially frozen surface when it collapsed.
- A boy reached shore on his own as officers threw a rope to pull two girls from chest-deep icy water.
- All three were evaluated at the scene and taken to Virtua Hospital as a precaution for cold-water exposure, and they are expected to be OK.
- Mount Holly police thanked first responders in a Facebook post and cautioned that ice thickness can vary unpredictably even within the same body of water.