A 7-year-old boy is in critical condition after nearly drowning inside a pool in the Cobbs Creek section of Philadelphia this afternoon.
Police found the boy at the bottom, deep end of the pool at the Cobbs Creek Recreation Center located at 50 South 63rd Street around 12:30 p.m. Investigators say the child was with a camp that was using the pool.
The child was taken to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
The pool is about 5 feet deep. A child must be 45 inches or taller to enter and must be accompanied by an adult, according to pool regulations.
There were four lifeguards on duty during the time of the accident, according to investigators.
“There is one counselor that is with the group then you have lifeguards who oversee the pool. Obviously when you’re making three separate dumps of children with this weather condition, I mean it’s difficult when you have heat as oppressive as we had it today and it’s an unfortunate situation,” said Philadelphia Police Lt. John Walker.
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