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Police: Boy, 5 Hospitalized After Possible Drowning In Eagan

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Police say a 5-year-old boy is in the hospital after a possible drowning in Eagan Tuesday morning.

Eagan police and fire responded at about 10:20 a.m. to the Foxridge Estates Apartments regarding a possible drowning involving a 5-year-old boy.

When authorities arrived, they found a construction worker performing CPR on the boy, who was unresponsive, near an outdoor swimming pool. Paramedics and firefighters continued treatment before the boy was taken to Regions Hospital.

Eagan Possible Drowning
(credit: Eagan Police Department)

Police say construction workers nearby heard the boy's 3-year-old sister yelling, and were alerted to him being in the water. The two workers called police, and began CPR.

Authorities say a preliminary investigation shows the boy and his sister were home at the apartment with their mother. At some point, the two children left the unit without the mother knowing. They walked to the pool, which is surrounded by a fence and secured by a locked gate. Authorities believe the boy climbed the fence to get access to the pool.

Police say he somehow entered the water, and was found unconscious before being removed by a construction worker. Authorities say they don't know how long the boy was under water, and his medical condition is not known.

The incident remains under investigation.

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