Standard-Speaker
HAZLE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Two children lost in the woods in Hazle Township Sunday during a snowstorm were found by firefighters within 30 minutes.
Hazle Township Fire Chief Scott Kostician said the siblings — ages 11 and 14 — left their home in the Harwood section of Hazle Township and entered the woods south of Old Street, intent on ice skating on a frozen stripping pit. However, the youths lost their way and called for help. Firefighters from Hazle Township and Harwood Fire Company were dispatched around 2:30 p.m. and mobilized at the Harwood Fire Station on Old Street. They set out through the woods on quads and found the children about 30 minutes later, placing them on quads and bringing them to safety. The children were found about half a mile from the fire station, according to a firefighter who assisted with the rescue.
Kostician said the children reported having cold extremities and were evaluated by American Patient Transport Systems Inc. upon being released to their mother.
He also warned that skating on a stripping pit is extremely dangerous as the temperatures of the water may not be cold enough to ensure it is frozen through and could pose the risk of drowning.
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