{"id":229584,"date":"2026-06-27T11:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T11:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/229584\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T11:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T11:24:08","slug":"9-year-old-boy-dies-days-after-hotel-pool-drowning-in-poconos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/229584\/","title":{"rendered":"9-Year-Old Boy Dies Days After Hotel Pool Drowning In Poconos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The child, who was from Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital\u2013Cedar Crest at 3:51 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, the coroner&#8217;s office said. <\/p>\n<p>An autopsy completed Thursday determined the boy died from complications of drowning, and Coroner Daniel A. Buglio ruled the manner of death an accident, the coroner&#8217;s office said. <\/p>\n<p>The drowning happened around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 20, in the pool at the Days Inn by Wyndham on Hill Motor Lodge Road in Pocono Township, according to the coroner&#8217;s office. <\/p>\n<p>The boy was rescued from the pool, and life-saving measures were started by bystanders and emergency responders before he was transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital\u2013Cedar Crest, the coroner&#8217;s office said. <\/p>\n<p>Because of the child&#8217;s age and out of respect for his family&#8217;s privacy, officials said his identity will not be released. <\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains active and is being conducted by the Lehigh County Coroner&#8217;s Office in cooperation with Pocono Township Police and the Monroe County District Attorney&#8217;s Office, according to the coroner&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"e-click-here-follow-btn\" data-testid=\"bottom-paragraph\">\n            <a class=\"e-email-signup\" js-follow-button=\"\" data-testid=\"article-click-here-to-subscribe\">Click here<\/a><br \/>\n            to follow Daily Voice<\/p>\n<p>              Allentown<\/p>\n<p>            and receive free news updates.\n          <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The child, who was from Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital\u2013Cedar Crest at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-229584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}