4-Year-Old Boy Dies at Babysitter’s House

Colin Fredericson
6/4/2018
Updated:
6/4/2018

A 4-year-old boy died after getting into a swimming pool at his babysitter’s house, in Peoria, Illinois.

He died after he was found unresponsive in the pool and taken to the hospital in critical condition, according to Fox 10. Authorities received the emergency call at around 8 a.m.

Authorities do not know how the boy got into the pool, as it had a fence around it, AZ Family reported.
There has been over a dozen near-drowning or drowning incidents in the area this year, ABC 15 reported.

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Colin is a New York-based reporter. He covers Entertainment, U.S., and international news. Besides writing for online news outlets he has worked in online marketing and advertising, done voiceover work, and has a background in sound engineering and filmmaking. His foreign language skills include Spanish and Chinese.