A 23-month-old Mission girl has died after she was found unresponsive in a backyard pool.
The toddler went missing from a daycare on Hawthorne Ave. Wednesday afternoon and was discovered a short time later in the underground pool at a neighbouring property.
The child was found under a solar blanket.
RCMP Staff Sgt. Steve Crawford said police received a 911 call from the daycare at about 4:40 p.m. reporting the toddler missing. She was last seen about 10 minutes before the call was made.
Police responded immediately and began checking the daycare and neighbouring properties.
91裸聊视频淲e located the girl in the underground swimming pool where we immediately jumped in, brought her out and began CPR,91裸聊视频 said Crawford.
A portable defibrillator was also used. BC Ambulance Services and an air ambulance was brought in, but not used.
91裸聊视频淪he was ultimately transported to Mission Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead.91裸聊视频
Crawford said victim services are providing support to the family and everyone concerned to 91裸聊视频渉elp them through this.91裸聊视频
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 always a tough time when anyone loses a loved one, but it touches everybody particularly harder when it91裸聊视频檚 a child.91裸聊视频
Police officers who found the girl and were on scene are also being offered assistance.
91裸聊视频淎gain, the death of a child touches you differently than other deaths, and our members are dealing with it and we are providing them with assistance and support,91裸聊视频 he said.91裸聊视频
91裸聊视频淭he next steps are to ascertain exactly what happened and from there we91裸聊视频檒l assess if there91裸聊视频檚 any culpability.91裸聊视频
The police are not releasing the girl91裸聊视频檚 name.