P.A. firefighters issue warning about river ice after weekend rescues
The Prince Albert Fire Department is sounding the alarm bells after responding to multiple incidents of people falling through the North Saskatchewan River ice over the weekend.
“It’s a concern,” Deputy Chief Corey Rodgers told paNOW. “The chances of finding someone who falls through the river ice and gets taken away are slim.”
On Saturday afternoon the ice rescue crew successfully responded to a woman who went through the ice near the 100 block of River St. E. She’d become hypothermic and her legs were immobile, though she was successfully rescued and taken to Victoria Hospital.
Rodgers said firefighters were called out again around 9:30 p.m. Sunday night when two people went into the water near the Diefenbaker Bridge.