Crime & Safety
Update: Seven Year Old Taken To Hospital After Near Drowning
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Updated 3:15 p.m.: A 7-year-old girl was transported to a local hospital after nearly drowning Monday afternoon.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue was dispatched just after 1:30 p.m. Monday after receiving reports of a near drowning at the River Falls Community Center on Horseshoe Lane in Potomac.
A child had been pulled unconscious from the pool, according to dispatcher information. Bystanders and a lifeguard performed CPR as medics arrived on the scene, according to Beth Ann Nesselt, spokesperson for MCFRS.
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The girl was transported to a hospital in Fairfax. She was alert and her condition had improved upon arrival to the hospital, Nesselt said.
The community center representative had no comment at this time.
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