An Ohio officer has died in the line of duty while trying to rescue two teenagers who fell into a frozen lake earlier this week, authorities confirmed. The drowning incident happened on Tuesday around 6:00 p.m. at Rocky Fork State Park in Hillsboro—a city in Highland County, WCPO reported. One of the teenagers, identified as a 16-year-old girl, also died while rescuing her 13-year-old brother, who reportedly fell into the icy lake first and rushed to call for help after his sister saved him. “It turns out that she got him out before she succumbed,” Lt. Branden Jackman of the Paint Creek Joint EMS and Fire District told the network. “Don’t go out on the ice,” he added. Jason Lagore, a 15-year veteran with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), responded to the emergency call Tuesday and suffered a “medical emergency” at the scene during the initial phases of the …
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