9/11/2017 @ 6:25 p.m.: On Monday, September 11, 2017, at approximately 9:52 a.m., officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 3600 block of Yorktown Drive in Waldorf for the report of a drowning.
Upon arrival, officers located the two-year-old male on the rear deck of the residence not breathing. The victim had been removed from the pool by the daycare provider who started CPR. Officers continued CPR until EMS arrived. The victim was subsequently transported to Southern Maryland Hospital and was pronounced deceased a short time later.
Initial investigation revealed the provider, who is licensed, was watching three children when she opened the back door to let a dog out. She closed the door and walked away from the room for a few minutes. When she returned, the door was open and she did not see one of the children. She immediately went outside where she found the toddler in the pool. She initiated CPR until help arrived. Detective J. Long is investigating.
9/11/2017: On Monday, September 11, 2017, at approximately 10:00 a.m., Deputies from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office and emergency personnel, were dispatched to a home in the 3600 block of Yorktown Drive in Waldorf, for an unconscious two-year-old male.
The toddler was under the care of a daycare provider, and had wandered outside and fallen into a swimming pool in the back yard.
The toddler was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
The body will taken to the state medical examiner’s office in Baltimore City for an autopsy.
