Crime & Safety

2-Year-Old Drowns In Nanuet

The call came at 8:05 p.m. Sunday.

A child drowned in a pool in Nanuet May 22.
A child drowned in a pool in Nanuet May 22. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

NANUET, NY — Neither family members, police nor emergency responders were able to save the life of a child who drowned in a pool on Tennyson Drive in Nanuet Sunday evening.

Police were called at 8:05 pm. When they arrived in the back yard, they saw family members had removed the unresponsive child from the pool and begun performing CPR.

Officers assumed lifesaving measures with the aid of an AED as Rockland Paramedics and
Nanuet Ambulance arrived.

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The child was transported to Montefiore Nyack Hospital by Nanuet Ambulance, where he was later pronounced dead.

The Clarkstown Police Detective Bureau responded to the scene and is continuing to
investigate how this tragic incident occurred. No further details will be released at this time
pending notifications, police said.

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