According to Lt. Will Farr of the Ogden City Police Department, officers responded to the scene around 4:30 p.m. after two minors, who reportedly were walking on the the pond’s seemingly frozen surface, fell through the ice and into the water.

“As (officers) were on their way, one of the juveniles was able to make it out of the ice,” Farr told the Standard-Examiner. “The other one was still in the ice when they arrived.”

Officers encountered difficulties locating the teen who was trapped in the water and requested the assistance of Weber County Search & Rescue, who deployed a dive team to the pond. The juvenile — also age 14 — was finally located and removed from the water at approximately 6:50 p.m.

Both teens were taken to a local hospital. Per Farr, the teen who managed to escape the water under their own power “didn’t have any major life-threatening injuries.” However, the second teen was eventually life-flighted to Primary Children’s Hospital, where they died.

To Farr’s knowledge, the teens weren’t ice fishing on the pond, as had been reported in the wake of the incident. The teens’ identities have not been released.

Farr implored members of the community to exercise caution around local waterbodies.

“In the time of year when this happens, the ponds — and sometimes even rivers — can freeze up,” Farr said. “But it’s important to be cautious. Even though it may look like it’s frozen and solid, oftentimes it’s not because of our changing weather. Utah will have freezing temperatures at night and start to warm up during the day; it softens the ice. So, I would say just be extremely cautious around ice and don’t play on the ice because it’s typically not going to be solid enough for you to be able to go out on.”

Farr added that Ogden Fire, Ogden City Police and Weber County Search & Rescue participated in the effort to assist the teens and thanked his department’s partners for their help in the rescue effort.