6abc Digital Staff ImageChild, 3, hospitalized after nearly drowning in pool

Child, 3, hospitalized after nearly drowning in pool

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (WPVI) — A 3-year-old boy has died after being pulled from a pool last week in Bethlehem.

The video featured is from a previous report.

Police responded to a home in the 5100 block of Barbary Street in Northampton County around 10 a.m. on July 3 for a report of a drowning.

The child was pulled from the pool and CPR was performed on him.

He was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital in Cedar Crest, however, he was pronounced dead a few days later.

An autopsy concluded that the child’s cause of death was complications of drowning and was ruled an accident.

Officials said they are not releasing the child’s name.

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