TOWN OF ANTWERP, New York (WWNY) – State Police are looking into what’s being described as an accidental drowning in the Town of Antwerp.
Police say a 7-year-old girl was found at the bottom of her family’s Pulpit Rock Road pool Friday night at 9:53.
Officials say she left the home without her father’s knowledge and either entered or fell into the pool.
When emergency crews responded to the home, a neighbor was performing CPR on the child. She was taken to Gouverneur Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
State Police say they’re continuing their investigation.
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