2-year-old boy dies after falling into swimming pool at Topeka home, sheriff says

A toddler has died after falling into a swimming pool at a Topeka home.

Emergency crews were called at around 4:30 p.m. Sunday to the 2700 block of Southwest Stutley Road for a medical call involving a child, the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Sheriff’s deputies and the Mission Fire Department responded to the call.

Resuscitation efforts were performed at the home before the 2-year-old baby boy was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the sheriff’s office said.

The toddler fell into a swimming pool, the sheriff’s office said. The news release did not indicate whether or not the child’s death was due to drowning.

This story was originally published May 20, 2019 at 8:08 PM.