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PineCrest Resident Saves Fish After Sinkhole Forms in Pond

Ashley Tradewell sprung into action Saturday after a pipe supposedly burst, causing a sinkhole in the middle of a pond on PineCrest Golf Course. Melissa Tradewell commended her husband and Montgomery Township Police Sgt. Glenn Davis for their aid.

The Tradewells, residents at PineCrest community at PineCrest Country Club in Montgomery Township, woke up Saturday morning to find a sinkhole in the middle of a pond on the golf course.
"It was due to a pipe collapsing, according to what we, the residents, were told," said Melissa Jo Tradewell.
After no luck in contacting the Montgomery County SPCA, the Pennsylvania Gaming Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, Aark Animal Hospital, PineCrest Homeowners' Association and PineCrest Country Club—Melissa Tradewell said these places were either unavailable or no one would help—Melissa Jo Tradewell's husband, Ashley, sprung into action.
Ashely Tradewell spent a good amount of his Saturday afternoon in murky pond water, saving the fish and other marine life.
"According to what a PineCrest worker told him, myself and Sgt. Glenn Davis of Montgomery Township Police, nothing will be done about the sinkhole until sometime next week, when an engineer will be out to assess the problem," Melissa Tradewell said. 
Tradewell said Davis and another Montgomery Township officer responded Saturday to assess the situation and put up "Caution" tape around the pond.
"Officer Davis stopped by a second time to check up on the situation," she said.
Tradewell said Sgt. Davis and her husband deserve recognition.
"I thought that what my husband did by trying to save the fish when no one else would or was available, and Officer Davis for checking up on the situation, to be admirable and an excellent showing of community and care," she said.


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