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Wells County girl critical after spending 20 minutes underwater

(Jon Zimney/WOWO News)

WELLS COUNTY, Ind. (WOWO): A child was last reported in critical condition after being pulled from a Wells County pond yesterday.

Officers with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources say the girl had been swimming in a private pond in Keystone when she submerged and didn’t come back up to the water’s surface.

A volunteer firefighter pulled the girl out of the water after she had been between 8 and 13 feet underwater for approximately 20 minutes.

Her name and age were not released.

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2 comments

Anonymous June 28, 2020 at 11:53 am

Why wouldn’t the adult watching the poor baby girl jump in to help her or try to find her? Why wait for rescue crews for 20 minutes?

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Rebecca brouse July 13, 2023 at 3:49 pm

I want to know the same thing and this is her grandma

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