4-year-old hospitalized after being found unresponsive in pool in Pierce Township
By Aaron Thomas, Matthew Dietz
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PIERCE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WLWT) — A 4-year-old child remains in the hospital after being found unresponsive in a pool in Clermont County Thursday.
According to Clermont County Dispatch, the call came in around 4:07 p.m. Thursday in the 3200 block of State Route 132.
Police said the 4-year-old child was found unresponsive by a family member and a neighbor nearby helped administer CPR until officers arrived.
The child was taken to Children’s Hospital where he remains on a ventilator.
Police said the incident happened in an above-ground pool near the house. Police said the boy has autism and wandered from the house.
It’s a tragedy that is becoming all too common in the area.
Last November, 6-year-old Joshua Al-Lateef drowned in a pond near his home in West Chester. His mother, Jonisa Cook, spoke to lawmakers last week, advocating for a statewide alert system named in her son’s memory.
“This alert will allow law enforcement to rapidly notify the public when a child with autism or other developmental disabilities goes missing, triggering a coordinated search effort tailored to the child’s unique needs,” Cook said.
As a family in Pierce Township prays for recovery, advocates say constant prevention, alarms and locks on doors, as well as swimming lessons, can play a role in prevention.
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