5-Month-Old Girl Drowns in Bathtub

New Britain police are investigating Saturday's death of the baby on High Street.

New Britain police are investigating the drowning death of a 5-month-old girl in a bathtub.

Officers responded to 370 High Street around 8 a.m. on Saturday after someone called 911 to report an unresponsive baby found in a bathtub.

The girl was not breathing and emergency crews performed CPR on the girl while they transported the infant to the Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain. The girl was pronounced dead after arriving at the hospital.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the girl's death an accidental drowning.

The incident is being investigated by the New Britain Police Department Criminal Investigation Division.

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