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Council Bluffs Police assist in water rescue Monday night

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December 27th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department report Officers were dispatched at around 6:12-p.m. Monday, to 11 South Shore Drive at Lake Manawa State Park, to assist the fire department with a water rescue. It was reported a 17 year old male and a 17 year old female were in the water at the time of call.

When officers arrived, the two subjects were at the edge of ice holding themselves up. Water level was currently at their shoulder height. Upon the fire departments water rescue team arrival, divers pulled each of them out of the water and transported them to an ambulance.

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Both subjects were transported and treated at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs. At this time it does not appear the injuries are life threatening.