Saturday, January 19, 2013
The mother of the baby in critical condition works for Richfield Public Schools.
Editor's Note: The following update was released at 4:20 p.m. by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. On January 18 at 5:08 p.m., the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a vehicle breaking through the ice on Lake Minnetonka. A family from Minnetrista had been traveling in a small SUV when it broke through thin ice and into the water under the Halstead Bay Bridge. A husband, wife, and their young daughters – a two-year-old and a nine-month-old – were in the vehicle at the time. Read Patch's coverage of the sheriff's press conference Saturday morning. A homeowner who lives next to the bridge is a volunteer firefighter for Mound Fire Department. He heard cries for help and he and a friend pulled the mother and two-year-old …
Hennepin County Rich Stanek said nine-month-old was submerged for 15-20 minutes. The infant's mother works for Richfield Public Schools.
Nine-month-old Tabitha Rose Markle is in critical condition after her family's vehicle broke through the ice last night on Lake Minnetonka. First responders rescued the child from about six feet of water after she was submerged for 15-20 minutes, according to Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek. Tabitha was taken by ambulance to Waconia and later transported by helicopter to Children's Hospital. Sheriff Stanek said during a news conference Saturday morning that a volunteer Mound fireman, who lives on Lake Minnetonka near where the vehicle went through the ice, was the first to reach the scene. Stanek praised the fireman's quick thinking and training, adding he provided crucial assistance and first aid during the critical first few minutes …
Sunday, December 9, 2012
An 8-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl were pulled from an in-ground swimming pool this morning.
At 10:56 a.m. Richfield Police responded to a home in the 7300 block of Garfield Avenue South. Upon arrival, two neighbors led officers to an in-ground swimming pool where an 8-year-old boy and 6-year-old girl were in the water. According to a Hennepin County Sheriff's Office news release, the girl had fallen into the pool and the boy got in the pool in an attempt to help her. The pool was uncovered and was partially-filled with water, the release said. Two police officers and the neighbors got the children out of the pool. The girl was unconscious and CPR was performed; both children were transported to HCMC. The girl is in critical condition. The boy was not injured, however, he was transported as a precaution. The children are cousins…
Melinda Cunningham
6:00 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
You can blame the father all you want, but men are notoriously stupid with a few drinks in them. My question is what the hell is wrong with this mother? Why didn't she say "pull over the car, me and the kids are getting out if you are going on the ice!" She is as much to blane as he us, she allowed him to drive after drinking with her innocent daughters in the vehicle, she was supposed to protect… more ›