A 3-year-old boy fell through the ice on Lake Memphremagog in northern Vermont with two adults and another child in a side-by-side recreational vehicle over the weekend and was later hospitalized, Newport police said Tuesday. .
When police responded Saturday night, the four were out of the water and three people ran toward officers pulling a sled carrying a man performing chest compressions on the 3-year-old boy, police said in a statement. release.
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Officers pulled the sled to shore while the man continued chest compressions. Rescuers met them on shore and provided aid to the boy, who was taken to North Country Hospital.
A 3-year-old boy fell through the ice on Lake Memphremagog in northern Vermont. Two other adults and one child also failed. (FoxNews)
The other three appeared to be exhausted with hypothermia, police said. They were also taken to the hospital. Newport's police chief did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on his condition Tuesday.
A fundraising page for the boy's parents said he is being treated at the University of Vermont Medical Center and has a long road ahead to recovery.
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The warming climate has caused lake ice to be thinner in some areas of the country, and the El Niño weather pattern has made winter milder in some places.
