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Wellington County Teen Critical After Being Rescued From Pond

A 17-year-old is in critical condition in a Hamilton hospital after an incident in Wellington North Township.

Just before 4pm Thursday afternoon, Wellington County OPP officers responded to a property on Concession 7 in Wellington North Township.

The 17-year-old male resident was reported to have been submerged in a pond on the property.

Police located the unconscious male and Guelph-Wellington EMS rushed him to a local hospital.

He was later transferred to a Hamilton hospital where he remains in critical condition.

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