Citizens in the area performed CPR on the boy until first responders arrived Wednesday, April 7, 2021. 8:55 am, Apr. 8, 2021 ×
STEWARTVILLE An 18-month-old boy is in a medically induced coma after falling into a retention pond Wednesday afternoon.
First responders were called about 4:10 p.m. to the 700 block of Willow Green Court Northeast for a report of an 18-month-old boy who had fallen into a retention pond. The child was being watched by a family friend at the time of the incident.
The woman reported that she was outside with the boy and her own 18-month-old child when she looked away for a couple of seconds, Olmsted County Sheriff s Capt. Scott Behrns said. The woman thought the child may have run around the house and checked the front yard, but did not find him. The woman then called the child s parent who was already on the way to the residence.
Toddler found in retention pond in medically induced coma
By FOX 9 Staff
STEWARTVILLE, Minn. (FOX 9) - An 18-month-old boy is in a medically induced coma after being found in a retention pond in southern Minnesota, according to the Olmsted County Sheriff s Office.
On Wednesday at 4:11 p.m. officials responded to the 700 block of Willow Green Court in Stewartville after learning a toddler had fallen into a pond behind the homes.
Investigators learned a woman was babysitting the boy with her own child in the backyard. The woman became distracted and lost sight of the toddler. When she didn t see him outside the home, she called the boy s father, who was already on his way to pick him up.
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