Unresponsive teenage boy pulled from pond in Andover, Massachusetts

An unresponsive teenage boy was pulled from a pond in Andover, Massachusetts on Tuesday afternoon. It happened at Field Pond in Harold Parker State Forest at about 4:30 p.m. near Farrwood Drive.

When Andover Police officers and firefighters arrived, they found several boys who were on the opposite shoreline yelling to them. They were attempting to direct them to where the boy was last seen before he went underwater.

First responders went into the water with a paddleboard and made their way out to the area where the boy was last seen. The boy was found about 25 feet from shore, submerged in about 10-12 feet of water.

The boy was pulled from the pond and taken back to shore on the paddleboard. Andover Police said they immediately began lifesaving procedures. The boy was transported to Lawrence General Hospital and then to a Boston hospital by Medflight.

The news was shocking to fisherman Fred Menis. He said the pond has, "a lot of weeds, a lot of rocks, a lot of debris underneath.

He said that while swimming is common in some areas of the pond, it is typically busy and filled with boats. "Usually, there should be enough kayakers and surfboards out here that somebody should have been around to help out," Menis said.

Many of the teen boys were still on Farrwood Drive Tuesday evening in a very emotional state. Many of them were still wearing swim trunks as they spoke to police, before being picked up by parents. 

The incident remains under investigation, and no other information has been released.