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Toddler Unresponsive After Being Found In Kentwood Pond

Posted at 3:13 PM, Jun 13, 2013
and last updated 2013-06-13 16:18:29-04

ToddlerKENTWOOD, Mich. — A one-and-a-half-year-old boy was sent to DeVos Children’s Hospital unresponsive after being found in a pond by a man in Old Farm Park Apartments in Kentwood Thursday afternoon.

Two brothers, one seven and one nine-year-old, were watching the boy while at the playground near the apartments.  According to Kentwood Police, they lost track of him for about 30 minutes.

A resident discovered his wagon and pacifier near a pond by Old Farm Park, then searched the water, where he discovered the body and performed CPR until emergency responders arrived.