Monroe Co. Officer, Community Rescue Child, 12, From Icy Water: Police

DUNDEE, MI — Multiple people in a Monroe County community helped rescue a child and an officer from icy water Tuesday morning after they fell through a pond, according to police.

Jonathon Garza, a truck driver from Clinton Township, was making a delivery to a Hungry Howie's store at 8:44 a.m. when he heard a boy yelling for help after falling through a pond at 110 E. Cabela Dr. in Dundee and called 911, police said.

Officials arrived within three minutes and immediately found the 12-year-old Dundee boy in the middle of the pond struggling to stay afloat in roughly 20 feet of water, police said.

Dundee Commercial Motor Vehicle Officer Joe Schumaker grabbed life-saving floating equipment from his police cruiser and began to make his way out to the boy, police said.

While walking on the icy pond, Schumaker also fell through the ice but continued wading out to reach the boy, police said.

Paxton Barnes and Garrett Desbrough of Dundee, along with Monroe County Sheriff's Office Deputy Jeremy Lestock and Dundee firefighters helped bring the boy and Schumaker safely back to shore, police said.

The boy was taken to a nearby hospital in Toledo, where he is expected to be ok, while Schumaker was treated on scene and returned to duty, police said.

Deputy police chief Randy Sehl said Garza "was in the right place at the right time."

Dundee Police were assisted by the Dundee Fire Department, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office - Michigan, Michigan State Police and MCA Ambulance in the rescue.