WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) — First responders in Wausau had to rescue a man from the retention pond near Aspirus Wausau Hospital located at the city’s west-side medical campus.
WAOW TV reports that officers were called to the area at 7 AM when someone reported that a vehicle had jumped the curb and gone onto the frozen water. The vehicle eventually broke through the ice.
Fire crews were able to perform a water rescue to get the man out of the partially-submerged vehicle, and immediately took him to the emergency room. The man, who was not identified, was listed in critical condition.
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