58°
A 5-year-old child is dead after drowning in the family's backyard pool in Fairfield County, police said.
Police were called to the home on Sunnybank Avenue in Stratford for a report of a child drowned in the pool on Tuesday, July 3, said Capt. Frank Eannotti.
When officers arrived on scene, they performed CPR until EMS arrived and transported the child to a local hospital, where the child died.
Eannotti said the family has asked for privacy and no other details will be released.
Click here to follow Daily Voice Trumbull-Monroe and receive free news updates.
