Cobb Fire and Emergency Rescue Services officials said Thursday that one of two boys who fell into a partially frozen lake in Kennesaw on Wednesday has died.
Cobb Fire Public Information Officer Nicolas Danz did not identify the victim, except to say that he was 16 years old and was pronounced dead at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital.
One of the rescue workers responding to the incident also was hospitalized for hypothermia treatment, Danz said.
Danz said the victim and another 16-year-old boy had fallen into a lake off Ellison Lakes Drive on Wednesday afternoon. Cobb Police and Fire were called to the scene at 5:15 p.m, after Kennesaw Police and Cobb Police had rescued the surviving teen from the icy waters, Danz said.
He said recorded surface water temperatures on the lake were as low as 28 degrees.
Three Cobb Fire response vehicles searched for the second boy, and Cobb Police provided drone search support, according to Danz.
He said the boy was found at 6:50 p.m. Wednesday and was pulled to an embankment and rescue workers began resuscitation efforts.
The boy was taken to the hospital by Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service and two Cobb Fire personnel, according to Cobb Fire.
Danz said four rescue personnel were treated for extensive cold exposure after being in the water for up to an hour and 20 minutes.
The hospitalized rescue worker was later released, and another was treated for abrasions suffered during the rescue, according to Danz.
Danz said no further information would be provided about the identities of the boys or medical conditions “of any of the parties involved.”
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