Moorebank: Three-year-old boy fights for life after falling into backyard swimming pool in Sydney

Matt Shrivell
The Nightly
A child has drowned in a backyard swimming pool.
A child has drowned in a backyard swimming pool. Credit: AAP

Police and emergency responders worked feverishly to assist a young boy who is fighting for life after falling into a backyard swimming pool in Sydney.

The three-year-old boy was discovered unresponsive in the pool in Moorebank.

Emergency services were called to a home just after 6.30pm on Tuesday where NSW Ambulance paramedics attempted to resuscitate him before he was taken to Prince of Wales Children’s Hospital.

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NSW Police initially reported the boy had died, however, this was incorrect. He remains in hospital in a critical condition.

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