Police: Western NY boy, 2, drowns in pool after wandering away from home

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 17, 2013 - 6:46 am EDT

TONAWANDA, New York — Authorities say a 2-year-old boy has drowned in a backyard pool after wandering away from his family's Buffalo-area home.

Police in the town of Tonawanda, just north of Buffalo, tell local media outlets that the boy got out of the house around 1 p.m. Thursday and ended up in a nearby pool.

Officials say he was given emergency CPR after being found at the pool, but he was pronounced dead at Kenmore Mercy Hospital.

Police haven't leased the child's name.

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