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News Nearby: Olney Toddler Drowns at Home Pool

Life-saving efforts failed to revive the 3-year-old boy.

 

An Olney boy, not quite 3 years old, is dead from drowning in a pool at his home, police said. He was being supervised by a caretaker. 

Fire and rescue units responded to a home in the 17200 block of Sandy Knoll Drive around 11:44 a.m. Monday and found a neighbor giving the boy CPR. 

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He was transported to a local hospital, but efforts to save him failed. 

A spokesperson for the department said the circumstances of the drowning are under investigation. 

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