Jan 12, 2026
Police in Northampton County are being hailed as heroes after they saved a woman who fell into an icy pond in Lehigh Township over the weekend. According to police, the incident happened at about 2:36 p.m. on Sunday when officers responded to a 9-1-1 pendant that was activated in the area of the 3400 block of West Walker Drive in Lehigh Township. Here, officials said, officers found a woman waving her arms in the air after having fallen into a pond. With help from a neighbor, the officers were able to get the woman out of the pond and into her house. The woman then told police she fell into the water while cleaning a pond pump. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation where, police said, her body temperature was found to have dropped to 88° degrees upon evaluation. This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser. ...read more read less
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