Shrewsbury police rescue man trapped in mud

By Laura Hayes Managing Editor

SHREWSBURY – Shrewsbury

Police Department rescued a man who was trapped in the mud in Flint Pond.

Shrewsbury officers Alex Desimone, Dillon Zona and Tyler Vlass and Sgt. Mark Sklut responded to a report of a man who was trapped in the mud in Flint Pond at about 11:40 a.m. Feb. 13.

The caller told police that the man was about 50 feet from the Flint Pond boat ramp.

“It was reported that the male was sinking rapidly down and was in danger of drowning,” police wrote in a press release.

Desimone arrived first, and he went into the pond with a lifesaving device called a ResQ Disc that is attached to a rope.

The man was up to his neck in water and mud. Desimone went about 35 feet offshore, threw the device to the man and the officers pulled him free of the mud and to the shore.

The Shrewsbury Fire Department arrived and helped with the rescue. The man was evaluated by paramedics and released.