Boy Dies After New Milford Pool Incident

The 7-year-old boy went underwater at the party.

The 7-year-old boy who went underwater in the pool of a private home in New Milford on Tuesday has died.

The child, whose name has not been released, and others were in the pool at a home on Eastern Lane on Tuesday afternoon when the child went under. He resurfaced, but was in cardiac arrest when someone pulled him from the water.  

A nurse who was at the house performed CPR and was able to get the child's pulse going, police said. An ambulance brought the boy to New Milford Hospital, and he was able to breathe. LifeStar then brought him to Children's Medical Center, where he was in critical condition. He died on Friday, according to a new release from New Milford police.

Police said that the boy was at the home with his foster mother and this is being treated as an accident. 

Police are waiting for results from the medical examiner for a ruling on the cause of the boy's death.

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