MEDIA CONTACT: Mark E. Brady, Chief Spokesperson, 240-508-7930
Prince George’s County Firefighter/Medics from the Laurel
area and the Technical Rescue Services Team worked to find a teenager that had
gone missing in a Laurel pond on Tuesday evening. Just before 8:45 pm Fire/EMS units were
alerted to a possible drowning at a pond in a Laurel apartment complex. Witnesses reported that a male had gone under
the water and never resurfaced.
The closest Fire/EMS Station to the incident in the 13000
block of Old Stagecoach Road is the Laurel Volunteer Rescue Squad, which is one
of the Department’s Water Rescue Teams. A
rescue boat was deployed and water rescue team members were soon in the water
searching for the teen. The County
Police helicopter flew above using their infrared equipment in hopes of
pinpointing a location of the teen and they used their high-powered lights to
help illuminate the scene.
The Water Rescue Team consists of personnel and equipment
from numerous stations throughout Prince George’s County and a total of 30
personnel were on the scene within a short period of time. Eleven team members, all wearing required
safety equipment, entered the water and systematically walked the area where
the teen was last seen. The water ranged
in depth from about 2 to 4 feet.
After about a 80-minute search, at 10:20 pm, one of the
rescuers came into contact with the teen at the bottom of the pond. He was immediately removed from the water and
given to awaiting paramedics on the shore.
A quick assessment revealed the patient to be not breathing and without
a pulse. Advanced pre-hospital care measures
and CPR were initiated and the male was transported to a nearby hospital. Despite the very best efforts of the firefighters,
the water rescue team, paramedics and emergency room staff, the teenaged male
was pronounced deceased at the hospital.
The Prince George’s County Police Department will be
conducting a follow up investigation as they do with any death of this nature.
These images are from myfoxdc.com website.
These images are from myfoxdc.com website.
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