Man in critical condition after ‘water incident’ in Whitman

WHITMAN, Mass. — A man was rushed to the hospital on Saturday after Whitman first responders were dispatched to a water incident.

The incident occurred around 2:46 p.m., when Whitman police and fire recieved reports that a person was inside the water at Whitman Town Park.

Once on scene, officers saw an unresponsive man in a small pond and immediately pulled him out and began CPR. Once fire crews arrived, they took over patient care and transported the man to a local hospital.