A Lancaster County woman was leaf-blowing and not properly watching the children she was babysitting when one fell into a pond and drowned, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Anna King, 40, of Paradise, was charged Thursday with two counts of child endangerment related to the death of Lee Micah Zook, 2, and allegedly not supervising the other child.
On Oct. 23, Zook fell into a fenced-in swimming pond on a farm on the 1500 block of Mine Road in Salisbury Township and was taken off life support at Hershey Medical Center on Oct. 26.
“This was a tragic accident. Ms. King is terribly sorry for what occurred. We will work with the district attorney to find a speedy and appropriate resolution,” Christopher Sarno, King’s attorney, said Friday.
Zook had been playing with the other young child, who went to get his two dogs at a neighbor’s house, according to police.
According to police, King panicked when she saw the boy with his dogs, then saw Zook floating in the pond, got an inner tube and swam to retrieve him and performed CPR until emergency workers arrived.
State Police said King told them that half an hour probably passed between seeing the boys at the barn and finding the one in the pond.
King is free on unsecured bail. She has a preliminary hearing scheduled Dec. 3 before District Judge Raymond Sheller.
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