{"id":653561,"date":"2026-05-20T02:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/653561\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T02:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:24:08","slug":"unresponsive-juvenile-pulled-from-andover-pond-transported-to-boston-hospital-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/653561\/","title":{"rendered":"Unresponsive juvenile pulled from Andover pond, transported to Boston hospital, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAn investigation is underway after a juvenile male was pulled from a pond in Andover, Massachusetts, on Tuesday afternoon.The incident occurred at Field Pond in Harold State Park around 4:30 p.m. Neighbors tell NewsCenter 5 that a group of teens was swimming there.Andover police said first responders arrived at the shoreline and saw a group of teens on the opposite shoreline yelling to them, pointing to where the first juvenile had gone under.First responders rushed into the water with paddle boards and flotation devices.Crews found the unresponsive juvenile about 25 feet from shore, submerged in 10-12 feet of water, according to police.The juvenile was transported to shore, where fire responders performed life-saving measures.The juvenile was transported by ambulance to Lawrence General Hospital and then transported to a Boston hospital via medical helicopter.His condition is unknown at this time.Those familiar with the pond described its rough terrain and potential dangers.  &#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of stuff underwater you get trapped in, so they&#8217;re very aware of what&#8217;s underneath the pond,&#8221; Fred Menis said.  &#8220;A lot of weeds, a lot of rock, a lot of debris.&#8221;The facts and circumstances surrounding the incident remain under investigation. NewsCenter 5 will bring you updates as they become available.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tANDOVER, Mass. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>An investigation is underway after a juvenile male was pulled from a pond in Andover, Massachusetts, on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at Field Pond in Harold State Park around 4:30 p.m. Neighbors tell NewsCenter 5 that a group of teens was swimming there.<\/p>\n<p>Andover police said first responders arrived at the shoreline and saw a group of teens on the opposite shoreline yelling to them, pointing to where the first juvenile had gone under.<\/p>\n<p>First responders rushed into the water with paddle boards and flotation devices.<\/p>\n<p>Crews found the unresponsive juvenile about 25 feet from shore, submerged in 10-12 feet of water, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The juvenile was transported to shore, where fire responders performed life-saving measures.<\/p>\n<p>The juvenile was transported by ambulance to Lawrence General Hospital and then transported to a Boston hospital via medical helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>His condition is unknown at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Those familiar with the pond described its rough terrain and potential dangers.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of stuff underwater you get trapped in, so they&#8217;re very aware of what&#8217;s underneath the pond,&#8221; Fred Menis said.  &#8220;A lot of weeds, a lot of rock, a lot of debris.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The facts and circumstances surrounding the incident remain under investigation. <\/p>\n<p>NewsCenter 5 will bring you updates as they become available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An investigation is underway after a juvenile male was pulled from a pond in Andover, Massachusetts, on Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[69936,109410,17864,4,450,5266,281757,281761,281755,15757,281756,281760,451,5967,5968,6270,2001,281758,3,184025,281759,1583,147264,14859,60124,42038,17338,452,453,26083,282,2986],"class_list":["post-653561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-14-year-old","tag-andover","tag-authority","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-cold","tag-drown","tag-farrwood-drive","tag-field-pond","tag-group","tag-harold-parker-state-park","tag-harold-state-park","tag-headlines","tag-heat","tag-hot","tag-investigation","tag-massachusetts","tag-merrimack-valley","tag-news","tag-newscenter","tag-p-m-neighbor","tag-police","tag-possible-drowning","tag-roadway","tag-swim","tag-swimming","tag-teen","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-tuesday-afternoon","tag-water","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}