Indiana kids dead after falling through ice on pond behind home, authorities say

JASPER, Ind. -- Authorities say two 12-year-old children have died after falling through ice on a pond behind a home in southern Indiana.The Indiana Department of Natural Resources said the boy and girl died Thursday evening in southern Pike County.Cpl. Joe Haywood with the DNR’s law enforcement division says the children, who weren’t related, went outside to play for a few minutes before dinner. The boy’s mother then went outside and saw her son in the water.A public safety di