May 23, 2022- 11:53 p.m.
New york– A family is grieving the death of a 2-year-old who drowned in a backyard pool in Rockland County.
Officers with the Clarkstown Police Department were called to the home on Tennyson Drive in Nanuet just after 8 p.m. on Sunday. Police at the scene found family members performing CPR on an unresponsive 2-year-old boy near the pool, officials said.
Officers and paramedics took over lifesaving measures and rushed the child to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Officials did not release the identity of the child and it was not immediately clear if the victim lived at the residence.
A police investigation remained ongoing Monday.
