Crime & Safety
Man and Dog Rescued from Freezing Waters of Lake Hayward
Tuesday morning, rescue crews were called to Lake Hayward in East Haddam to rescue a man attempting to rescue his dog.
Crews from Salem, East Haddam and Colchester responded Tuesday morning to an emergency call of a dog in the water and a man on the ice at Lake Hayward.
According to a report in the Middletown Press, Salem was the first department to arrive at the lake. Firefighters, the report states, were met by a resident who pointed to a dog in the water struggling to pull itself onto the ice.
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The dog's owner was in a kayak trying to rescue the dog.
WFSB 3 reports that the rescue crews were able to get the man, who was not identified, and the dog off the ice within 30 minutes.
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Neither the dog nor his owner were injured.
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