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.