LYNNWOOD – A teenager who fell through the ice and plunged into the frigid waters of Martha Lake Tuesday has died.
A Snohomish County sheriff’s diver found the boy about two hours after neighbors reported hearing cries for help coming from the lake about 9:20 p.m. Paramedics attempted to revive the boy. He was pronounced dead at Providence Everett Medical Center.
The 15-year-old boy’s name and hometown has not been released, but an Edmonds School District offical said the victim and another boy involved were students in the district.
A second boy was in stable condition at the hospital. He also had fallen through the ice. A neighbor used a canoe to reach him and bring him to safety. A third boy had already walked off the ice when firefighters arrived.
A technical rescue team, sheriff’s deputies and a volunteer search-and-rescue crew launched an elaborate search to for the missing teen, who was thought to have fallen through the ice about 50 yards off shore. Their efforts were hampered by freezing and dark conditions.
Rescuers estimated that the water was about 37 degrees and the ice was about three-quarters of an inch thick at its thickest point. Martha Lake is about 30 feet deep.
Also assisting in the search was crews from Edmonds Fire Department, Fire District 7, King County and Pierce County sheriff’s dive teams.
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