DEERFIELD TWP. — Deputies and firemen found a 5-year-old boy in a retention pond in Deerfield Twp. and pulled him from the water Friday around 7 p.m.
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They received a call reporting that a child with autism was missing in the 7800 block of Birchwood Court, according to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office.
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After searching the area, crews were able to find him, pull him from the water, and take him to a local hospital.
Details on the child’s condition or how the incident may have happened are not available yet and the rescue is an ongoing investigation, the sheriff’s office said.