MILTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A 38-year-old Everett man was rushed to the hospital after he nearly drowned at a pond in Milton on Tuesday, officials said.
Emergency crews responding to Houghton Pond shortly before 5 p.m. transported the man to Beth Israel-Milton than transferred him to Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, according to Mass. State Police.
He remains in critical condition at this time.
A preliminary investigation suggests the man was at the pond with family members and friends when he swam across the pond to retrieve a ball they had been playing with.
He was observed to be struggling and then went under the water.
Bystanders found him and pulled him to shore before preforming medical aid, according to witnesses.
An investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
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