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Officers rescue man stuck in storm water retention pond in Cambridge: police

Waterloo Regional Police helped a man to safety after he reportedly became trapped in a storm water retention pond on Monday morning. Nick Westoll / File / Global News

Officers rescued a man trapped in a storm water retention pond in Cambridge early Monday morning, according to Waterloo Regional Police.

Police say they were called to Franklin Boulevard and Dundas Street South at around 3 a.m. for a report of a man in need of assistance.

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According to police, a neighbour heard a man’s cries for help, although they could not see him in the dead of night.

Police arrived and found a 56-year-old man trapped in the pond.

Officers used a rope to pull the man to safety, police say.

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The man was then taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Police did not say how the man came to be in the pond.

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