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Ice Rescue

Monday, February 4, 2013

Two Rescued After Snowmobile Falls Through Ice

An adult male and his ten-year-old passenger fell through thin ice on Lake Ripple.

It has been cold for most of the past month, but as one snowmobile driver and his passenger found out yesterday, it hasn’t been cold enough. Michael Vento was driving with a 10-year-old boy on Lake Ripple at 5:30 last night when their snowmobile went through the ice, sending both passengers in to the water. Jessica and Roger Zaleski were at their house on the lake when the incident occurred. According to a press release from Grafton Police Chief Normand Crepeau, it was a call from Jessica that got the police response to save the passengers. “Jessica stated that they heard the sound of the snowmobile stop and she and her husband checked to discover that the snowmobile and passengers had gone through the ice,” Crepeau said. “Jessica said she…

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