Amishman & 10-Year-Old Son Lose Lives In Freak Pond Accident
An Amishman and his ten-year-old son lost their lives this past weekend in a pond accident. The incident happened under unusual circumstances in a restricted area in their community in eastern Ohio. From WTRF:
BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) — An Amish man and his 10-year-old son died of drowning Saturday, according to Belmont County Sheriff’s Department Chief Investigator Ryan Allar.
Allar said it happened at a pond on gas and oil property that was fenced off and marked with signs warning no trespassing or swimming was allowed.
Allar said they believe the 10-year-old slid into the water and the father went in after him. Allar said the pond has a plastic liner like a swimming pool, and they were not able to get out because it was slippery.
The man’s eight-year-old son went for help, but it didn’t come in time. This report is truly horrible and sad, and you wonder how it happened. If the pond was fenced off and had warning signs, then this sounds simply like a case of being somewhere you shouldn’t be.
However it doesn’t sound like they necessarily meant to go swimming (it doesn’t seem to have been at all an appealing place for swimming), with the boy described as sliding into the water. It must have been an especially steep-banked pond for them to not be able to get out. Given that it is described as an “oil and gas property”, perhaps it was a fracking pond or some other pit or pond found on these types of properties. Maybe someone out there is familiar with this sort of thing.
So perhaps they were simply cutting through the area as a shortcut to get somewhere. Hate to think about it, and that’s enough speculating. But something to be aware of if you’re out and about these types of bodies of water.
Belmont County, on the border with West Virginia, is home to two Amish settlements and around 500 total Amish residents. Prayers for this family. If there is any further information on support I will update this post.
Sad story from Eastern Ohio. An Amishman and his 10-year-old son lost their lives in a freak pond accident in a restricted area in their community. From WTRF: BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) — An Amish man and his 10-year-old son died of drowning Saturday, according to Belmont County Sheriff’s Department Chief Investigator Ryan Allar. Allar said it happened at a pond on gas and oil property that was fenced off and marked with signs warning no trespassing or swimming was allowed. More: https://amishamerica.com/amishman-10-year-old-son-lose-lives-pond-accident/
Have company install a ladder from water to top for emergency access/escape.
toxic
toxic gases at frack sites cause loss of consciousness called “knock down” by workers. Also the described slipperyness sounds like the added chemicals which are identified as very toxic. Drilling companies have 1. been very deceptive about the chemicals 2. constantly denying that their operations are toxic and very dangerous. Were there signs warning about the toxic, deadly nature? If not the warning was inadequate. When we found acrylonitrile in many wells in WVA we showed that man-made chemicals were being used so there was no validity to claims of natural occurrence. Greed is destroying the region…the filthy Ohio River is the source for drinking water. Exploitation by international corporations must be stopped.
For the most part
The Amish are really respectful of the law so long as it doesn’t interfere with their faith I do feel that they that they try to practice what they preach in most things.