7-year-old girl drowns in backyard pool in New Jersey

Monday, June 27, 2022
TEANECK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Police say a 7-year-old girl drowned at a backyard pool in New Jersey.

Police arrived at the house on Westervelt Place in Teaneck just after 6 p.m. Sunday and found the girl at the bottom of the pool.
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The officers performed CPR and the child was taken to Holy Name Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.



An investigation is ongoing.

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