Ottawa police say the two-year-old who was rescued from the Ottawa River on Friday evening died in hospital. <\/p>\n
An extensive rescue effort involving paramedics, police and firefighters from Ottawa and Gatineau was launched shortly before 7 p.m. after the toddler was reported missing near the Kichi Zibi Mikan.<\/p>\n
Approximately 40 minutes later, the child was brought ashore. They were taken to the hospital in critical condition where they were later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur hearts are with the child\u2019s family, loved ones, witnesses, and all those affected by this heartbreaking incident,\u201d police wrote in a Saturday morning new release. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis was an incredibly difficult call for everyone involved, including the first responders who worked tirelessly in the search-and-rescue efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paramedics say emergency crews attended near the Chief William Commanda Bridge, but the operation moved along the Ottawa River.<\/p>\n
Gatineau firefighters say a drone, an airplane and more than four boats were used to assist in the water rescue. Police officers also kept watch along the riverbank. The Ottawa Police Air Support Unit ultimately helped locate the child. <\/p>\n
Ottawa police are investigating the incident. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs is standard practice in incidents involving the death of a young child, the Ottawa Police Service\u2019s Homicide Unit has carriage of the investigation, alongside the Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit,\u201d police wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cSupport services have been made available for the child\u2019s family and the emergency personnel involved in the response.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ottawa police say the two-year-old who was rescued from the Ottawa River on Friday evening died in hospital.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[712,49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-658978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}