Warning Issued To Avoid Venturing Onto Icy Ponds In Darien

DARIEN, CT — Though they might appear inviting, ice-covered lakes and ponds can mask portions where the ice is thin, and Darien Police Chief Don Anderson is warning residents to "not venture out onto ice on any body of water" in town.

"Over the past few days there have been at least 3 incidents in the Tri-State area where young people have fallen through thin ice," Anderson wrote on the department's Twitter page. "Unfortunately these incidents had tragic endings."

In recent incidents the chief was alluding to, two teenagers in New Jersey died after separate cases of falling through thin ice in Carteret and East Brunswick, reports AccuWeather.com.

Also this past weekend at a pond in Wolcott, a man riding a bicycle on the ice had to be rescued after he fell through thin ice, writes Fox61, and in December, a man and his dog had to be rescued after a fall through thin ice on Lake Mohegan in Fairfield.