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Authorities in Carbon County made two separate rescues to wrap up the new year.

"As soon as I saw it start separating, I yelled at everybody, trying to tell everybody to get off the ice," Jay Fountain told K2 Radio News. "At that point, it had been like, maybe three minutes and it was already way too far. Nobody could get off."

The un-named deputy made a harrowing rescue on Sunday, October 3rd when he rescued a passenger from a vehicle that was submerged in water.

It was a busy day for Park County Search and Rescue on Friday last week.

Agencies from two Wyoming counties helped rescue a woman who was "ejected" from a horse in a Wyoming canyon last week.

Firefighters in Gillette were busy with a different kind of rescue Friday morning.

State police said safety chains on a trailer saved a pickup and the two people in it from plummeting to the bottom of a Magic Valley canyon Monday afternoon along Interstate 84.

If you see an animal in distress, do you just let nature take its course? One family said no and helped rescue a deer stuck on a frozen lake.

First responders on Wednesday rescued a seriously injured, missing person from a confined space on a property north of Cheyenne.

Officials hope to have the team ready when hunting season begins in September.