Coroner: 7-year-old boy drowned in a pool in Springfield
The Sangamon County Coroner confirmed Monday that a 7-year-old boy drowned in a pool at a home in the Indian Hills subdivision Saturday.
The boy was unresponsive and submerged in the deep end of an in-ground pool at a home in the 2300 block of Winnebago Drive when Springfield Police officers arrived at approximately 12:30 p.m., said Deputy Chief Sara Pickford.
Pickford didn't know how long the child was submerged.
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He was taken to HSHS St. John’s Hospital and was pronounced dead in the emergency room at 1 p.m. shortly after his arrival.
The child's name has not been released.
Coroner Jim Allmon said in a news release that an autopsy was done Monday and preliminary findings were "consistent with drowning."
Heather Tarczan, a spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, confirmed to The State Journal-Register that the agency is looking into the case.
The death remains under investigation by SPD and the coroner’s office.
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