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Toddler Falls Into South Jersey Pool, Airlifted To Hospital: State Police Toddler Falls Into South Jersey Pool, Airlifted To Hospital: State Police
Toddler Falls Into South Jersey Pool, Airlifted To Hospital: State Police A toddler was airlifted after falling into a pool in Buena Vista Township, authorities said. Troopers responded to a possible drowning of a child at a home on Bellavista Avenue at around 5:50 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 11, a state police spokesperson said. The three-year-old had fallen into the pool before troopers arrived. The child was airlifted to a hospital for medical treatment. The toddler's condition wasn't known as of press time. State police also said the incident remained under investigation.

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Child On Respirator After Near Drowning At Jersey Shore Motel Pool: Report Child On Respirator After Near Drowning At Jersey Shore Motel Pool: Report
Child On Respirator After Near Drowning At Jersey Shore Motel Pool: Report A 5-year-old girl was on a respirator after a near-drowning in a motel pool in North Wildwood Thursday, Sept. 22, NJ Advance Media reported. The girl had been staying with her family at the Roman Holiday Resort motel on John F. Kennedy Beach Drive and was seen jumping in and out of the pool with other children on surveillance footage, when she hit her head on another child's elbow and went under the water sometime around 5:50 p.m., the outlet said citing local police. First responders took over CPR started by good Samaritans at the scene, and the girl was  flown to Children’s Hospital …

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by Jon Craig
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UPDATE: 7-Year-Old Girl Drowns In Rented Backyard Pool In Teaneck UPDATE: 7-Year-Old Girl Drowns In Rented Backyard Pool In Teaneck
Update: 7-Year-Old Girl Drowns In Rented Backyard Pool In Teaneck UPDATE: A 7-year-old Newark girl had been reported missing before she was found drowned over the weekend in a backyard Teaneck pool that its owners rent out for parties, authorities said. Officers and neighbors were searching for the girl after she'd been reported missing early Sunday evening, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. They found her at the bottom of the in-ground pool on Westervelt Place near Teaneck Road shortly after 6 p.m., the chief said. The officers conducted CPR, then escorted an ambulance to Holy Name Medical Center, where the child was pronounced dead at 7:22 p.m…

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by Jerry DeMarco