Crime & Safety
Young Boy Found Unresponsive In Easttown Bathtub Wednesday
Authorities are working to determine if what happened was suspicious, accidental, or criminal.
EASTTOWN, PA — A young boy was found unresponsive in a bathtub inside an Easttown home Wednesday afternoon and is in critical condition now, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office.
DA Tom Hogan said emergency responders were called to a home in Easttown at about 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Easttown Township Police and Berwyn Fire Company responders found a four-month-old boy unresponsive in a bathtub in the home, Hogan said.
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EMTs provided life-saving care and were able to get the boy's heart beating and restored his breathing, according to the DA's office.
Hogan said the boy is in critical condition at a children's hospital.
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Easttown Police and the Chester County Detectives are investigating the incident to determine what happened to the boy, Hogan said.
"In the interim, please respect the privacy of the family," Hogan said. "And everybody please say a prayer that this little guy lives."
According to Fox 29, authorities taped off and searched the home in the Devon Green complex.
Investigators were seen taking items out of the home, the outlet reports.
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