Emergency crews pulled 83-year-old Randall L. Bryan from a pond in northern Ashland County on Saturday evening after receiving a frantic call for help.
The dispatch went out around 5:09 p.m. on September 5, 2026, directing first responders to a property along County Road 40 near Nova.
Units from the Ruggles-Troy Fire Department, Firelands EMS, and the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office arrived on the scene within minutes.
Responders spotted Bryan near the center of the water and moved quickly to get him out, but paramedics could not revive him.
Bryan lived in Nova, a small rural town where neighbors generally know every face on their block.
The Ashland County Coroner’s Office joined sheriff’s deputies at the pond to assist with the scene and officially begin a death investigation.
Sheriff Kurt J. Schneider stated that officers found no criminal indicators or signs of foul play, though authorities have not yet released an official cause of death.
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