Crime & Safety
Police: Child's Drowning In Concord Appears Accidental
The little girl apparently left the house without her mother's knowledge.
Police in Concord said today the death of 13-month-old girl found in a pool Thursday appears to be an accident.
At 8:05 p.m., police and firefighters responded to reports of a toddler that had fallen into a swimming pool at a home on Ridge Park Lane, according to police. The child’s mother found the girl unconscious inside the pool and immediately performed CPR on the girl with the assistance of a neighbor, police said.
When police arrived, they took over CPR efforts to revive the victim.
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According to police, emergency crews transported the girl to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, however she did not survive.
After a preliminary investigation, police determined the girl had exited the house at some point without the mother’s knowledge and accidentally fell into the pool.
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