Two members of Oxford's Cold Water Rescue Team attempt to locate Joshua Wardwell, 17, Wednesday afternoon after he went through the ice on Chapman Pond. Oxford Fire Department Pvts. James Andrews and Capen Gabri were tethered as they worked.
OXFORD — An Oxford teenager died after falling through the ice on a pond Wednesday afternoon.
Josh Wardwell, taken in 2009
Joshua Wardwell, 17, was checking beaver traps on Chapman Pond, along the North Town Farm Road near Hebron, at around 2:30 p.m. when he fell through thin ice.
Wardwell's 15-year-old girlfriend called police when he fell through, said Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service. Oxford rescue personnel removed Wardwell from the water and took life-saving measures.
Wardwell was taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway where he was pronounced dead.
He was a student at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. In 2009, Wardwell's interest in flying was the subject of a Sun Journal story.
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