Skid-steer rescue in Shawnee sends operator to hospital in critical condition
A skid-steer operator was pulled from a pond after the machine became submerged Thursday morning in Shawnee, and the man is in critical condition at the hospital, KMBC 9 reports. First responders were called to the 6000 block of Woodland Drive around 10:30 a.m. on reports of a water rescue.
Officials say they learned that the skid-steer operator went into the pond and became submerged. Firefighters rescued one man from the water and transported him to the hospital in critical condition.
The incident is under investigation. The Shawnee Police Department, Shawnee Fire Department, Lenexa Fire Department and Johnson County MED-ACT assisted at the scene.
