NJ dog park fright: Woman with 2 dogs trapped in freezing creek

🚨A woman was rescued 35 feet from the shoreline

🚨A hiker saw the woman and dogs in Timber Creek

🚨Special equipment was used to pull the woman out of the water

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GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP — A woman and two dogs were rescued from a partially frozen creek on Sunday afternoon.

Gloucester Township police said the woman became trapped in the water of Big Timber Creek in the Timber Creek Dog Park Sunday afternoon around 1:45 p.m.

First responders used special equipment to get the partially submerged woman and dogs out of the water 35 feet from the shoreline.

The woman was taken to Cooper Hospital.

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Hiker noticed a woman in trouble

Chews Landing Fire Chief Mike Millisky told NBC Philadelphia that a 24-year-old woman ran onto the ice after her dogs. A hiker then noticed her.

Timber Creek is a 128-acre county park located Gloucester and Lindenwold. The dog park is a 9-acre fenced-in area in the woods.

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