A 4-year-old boy drowned in a pond Tuesday afternoon after going missing from his home in Fridley.
4-year-old boy drowns in Fridley pond
Shortly after arriving, officers spotted the unresponsive child in a nearby pond and pulled him out.
August 30, 2023 at 3:09AM
The Fridley Police Department responded just before 1:30 p.m. to reports of a boy going missing from his home in the 1600 block of Rice Creek Road NE., the Anoka County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Tuesday night.
Shortly after arriving, officers spotted the unresponsive child in a nearby pond and pulled him out.
The Fridley Fire Department and additional emergency responders performed lifesaving measures before taking him to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The drowning remains under investigation.
In a separate incident, an unconscious boy was pulled from a pond in Woodbury on Monday. Officials have not said if he survived.
The pilot was the only person inside the plane, and was not injured in the emergency landing, according to the State Patrol.
