4-year-old boy dies in hospital after being pulled from Alberta pond

Posted October 17, 2023 11:14 am.
Last Updated October 17, 2023 12:32 pm.
A four-year-old child found in critical condition in an Airdrie pond earlier this month has died, the RCMP said Tuesday.
On Oct. 3 around 6:15 p.m., police received a call about a missing four-year-old in the Kings Heights neighbourhood.
A short time later, the RCMP received a call for a child found in medical distress.
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When officers arrived, they found bystanders had taken the child out of a neighbourhood pond and provided medical care until paramedics arrived.
The child was taken to hospital by ambulance.
RCMP say the four-year-old died from their injuries in hospital on Sunday.