DUNDEE, Mich. — A police officer saved a boy who fell through the ice Tuesday morning at Cabela’s.
Emergency crews were called to the store about 8:45 a.m. and found that a 12-year-old Dundee boy was in the middle of the pond, struggling to stay afloat in about 20 feet of water.
Police said Joe Schumaker, Dundee commercial motor vehicle officer, grabbed personal floatation equipment and made his way out to the victim. While doing so, Officer Schumaker fell through the ice but continued wading out to complete the rescue.
He was joined by two Dundee residents, Paxton Barnes and Garrett Desbrough, and Dundee Officer Chrissy Hicks, Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremy Lestock, and Dundee firefighters who assisted with a line from shore to help bring them safely back to shore.
The boy was taken to ProMedica Toledo Hospital. Mr. Schumaker was treated at the scene and returned to duty.
Jonathon Garza of Clinton Township, a truck driver for Hungry Howie’s, was making a delivery to the store immediately after the boy fell through the ice and called 911, police said.