DAYTON — A child was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a near-drowning in Dayton on Friday.
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Dayton police were called to the 300 block of Neal Avenue on reports of a person down around 1:20 p.m., according to Dayton Police Lieutenant Eric Sheldon.
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An initial investigation found that a child ended up in water at home, but additional information on how that happened was not immediately available.
Sheldon said family members started CPR and began taking the child to a nearby hospital when they waved down a medic.
Medics began performing life-saving measures while taking the child to the hospital.
The child remains in a life-threatening condition, according to Sheldon.
Dayton Police Department’s Care House Unit Detectives are actively investigating this incident.
News Center 7 asked Dayton police if this incident is being investigated as a crime, but they couldn’t confirm.
Additional information wasn’t immediately available.
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