BROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Police officers rescued a 13-year-old boy who became stuck in an icy, muddy river behind his Brockton home Tuesday afternoon.
K9 officers who were dispatched to the boy’s home around 2:40 p.m. after his father reported him missing were able to follow the tracks he had left behind in the snow to a river in a wooded area off Goldfinch Drive.
Officers from both the Easton and Brockton departments waded into the frigid, chest-deep water to rescue him.
“Officer Stafford had him on his back and pretty much was dragging him,” Officer Sandy Fonseca said. “His ski pants were actually filling up with water so it was people in the back trying to carry his legs over because his legs were just not working at the time.”
The boy was taken to Good Samaritan Medical Center and then transported to Boston Children’s Hospital for more evaluation.
His father said he is doing OK.
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