Man, 2 dogs recovered from West Chester Twp. pond

Crews quickly found the body of a dog when they got into the water. An hour and a half later, they recovered a man’s body along with a second dog.

The temperature of the water was about 27 degrees, according to Prinz, and crews had to cut with an axe and sledgehammer in order to get to the man’s body.

The man’s identity has not been released, and officials have not said how long the man had been in the water.

Prinz said he assumes the man was trying to get one of the dogs out of the pond and did not realize the size of the pond or the impact of the temperature.