MARSHALLVILLE, Ohio — Multiple crews responded to a home in Marshallville in Wayne County Wednesday morning after a 16-year-old boy fell through the ice on a private pond.
The boy, identified by the Summit County Medical Examiner as Lamar Good, was pronounced dead at Akron Children's Hospital several hours later.
Wayne County Sheriff Tom Ballinger said he believes the boy was home-schooled.
According to Ballinger, the incident happened around 10:30 a.m. in the 17,000 block of Fulton Road.
The sheriff said family members were clearing snow away from a pond to do some ice skating on a property they own. The relatives left the pond but the teen stayed behind, and at some point, he fell through the ice.
A neighbor saw the boy struggling in the water and called 911, the sheriff said.
Rescue crews from multiple agencies responded and entered the water in ice suits but could not find him.
The Wayne County Dive Team also responded. The divers found Lamar, took him out of the pond and performed CPR, but he remained unresponsive. Investigators estimate the teen was underwater 30 to 40 minutes.
The 16-year-old was transported to Aultman Hospital in Orrville before he was tranferred to Akron Children's Hospitial where he was pronounced dead Wednesday afternoon.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released.
