VASSALBORO (AP) — A 5-year-old boy is being treated for severe hypothermia after falling into a frigid Maine stream.
Maine game warden Steven Couture told the Kennebec Journal the boy and his mother, 25-year-old Mollie Egold, were canoeing on Outlet Stream in Vassalboro on Monday when they went into the water.
Both were taken to the hospital with hypothermia but Couture said the boy’s was more severe. Doctors were trying to slowly raise his temperature Monday night.
Couture said they were both wearing life jackets.
Investigators are still trying to determine what caused them to go into the water.
The Times Record Sustaining Sponsor
We believe a community must be informed to thrive. bowdoin.edu
Comments are not available on this story. Read more about why we allow commenting on some stories and not on others.
We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others.
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs.
Show less