WMTW-TV8 • January 26, 2024
A 51-year-old man from Carmel has died after falling through the ice on Etna Pond on Friday. Kevin Howell was walking with his four-year-0ld son at around 6:30 a.m. when both he and his son fell through. Howell was able to get his son back onto the ice, who ran roughly one-third of a mile back to their home to tell his mother to call 911. His mother grabbed an anchor and rope and ran back down to the water while the boy stayed at home. She secured the rope to the shore and but broke through the ice as well while trying to reach her husband. A detective with the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office managed to reach her by crawling across the ice. Divers from state police and the warden service found Howell's body in the early afternoon.