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Toddler dies after wandering away from B.C. daycare, falling into swimming pool

Toddler dies after wandering away from B.C. daycare, falling into swimming pool | iNFOnews.ca
FILE PHOTO Photographer: Kim Anderson

MISSION, B.C. – Police say a 23-month-old child has died in Mission, B.C., after she was reported missing from a daycare and found unresponsive in a in-ground swimming pool at a neighbouring property.

The RCMP say they were called by the owner of the daycare at about 4:40 p.m. on Wednesday.

The caller estimated it had been about 10 minutes since the girl was last seen.

A search by police led to the girl being found in the pool.

After resuscitation efforts that included the use of a portable defibrillator carried by police, the girl was rushed to Mission Memorial Hospital, where the Mounties say she was pronounced deceased.

The coroner's service says it is also investigating the girl's death.

"The loss of a loved one is always an extremely difficult time, but it touches everyone much harder when it is a child, and our thoughts go out to the family, and all of those involved," Staff Sgt. Steve Crawford said in a news release.

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