3-14-2019
VAN ZANDT, Wash. — Two men and a dog are dead after they fell through the ice on a frozen pond in Whatcom County.
The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office and local fire personnel responded to an “ice rescue event” around 6 PM Tuesday near Van Zandt.
The sheriff’s office says two dogs fell through the ice on a private pond and two men attempted to rescue them and also fell through.
One dog made it out, but the other dog and two Deming men, 73-year-old Gerald Bajema and 49-year-old Tyler Takita, didn’t survive.
As of Wednesday morning, all bodies have been recovered.