A 33-year-old rural Texico man reportedly went underwater several times after his horse slipped into a pond on the East Canton Road in northern Jefferson County early Wednesday night. Kell firemen say two others who were riding horses with the man swam into the pond and were able to rescue him.The names of the three men were not immediately being released. Kell Firemen report the man who initially fell off his horse when it slipped into the pond refused to go to the hospital via ambulance, although his wife was still trying to convince him to go to the emergency room to be checked. Firemen estimatethe manwas in the water about four minutes. He appeared tobesuffering from mild hypothermia. The two men who went in to save him were not injured and apparently were not in the cold water long enough to experience any effects from hypothermia. The property is located about a mile northwest of Divide. The fire department was called to the scene just after six Wednesday night to assist the men until Litton's Ambulance could arrive from Mt. Vernon. - http://goo.gl/e2KSJ
