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Three Children Rescued After Falling Through Ice at Woolman Lake

Police report precautionary hospitalization, warning no local ice is safe.

Overview

  • Officers and first responders reached Woolman Lake in Mount Holly on Wednesday after the ice gave way under three students.
  • A boy reached shore on his own, while two girls stuck in chest-deep water were pulled to safety using a rope.
  • The children were evaluated at the scene and taken to Virtua Hospital for cold-water exposure as a precaution.
  • Mount Holly police urged residents to stay off frozen waterways, noting ice thickness can vary unpredictably.
  • Westampton firefighters assisted the response by retrieving the students’ personal belongings from the water.