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FD: 2-year-old hospitalized after being pulled from New River pool

Daisy Mountain Fire and Medical said that the 2-year-old child was in cardiac arrest when they arrived.

NEW RIVER, Ariz. — A 2-year-old child is in the hospital after being pulled from a backyard pool in New River. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said that the child was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Daisy Mountain Fire and Medical crews were called to a home near 37th Avenue and Jenny Lin Road early Wednesday morning for reports of a missing 2-year-old.

Deputies arrived on the scene and found the child in a neighbor's pool.

Authorities said that it's unknown how long the child was in the water, but they were in cardiac arrest when first responders arrived.

First responders took the child to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. As of Wednesday afternoon, the child was still in critical condition.

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