7-year-old boy dies after being rescued from retention pond
Summary
Drowning Charlotte North Carolina in Charlotte, North Carolina: A 7-year-old boy drowned in a retention pond in southwest Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday. Surveillance video showed the boy entering the water, and another child alerted an adult, prompting an emergency response. Firefighters entered the water and pulled the child from the pond around 7 p.m., and he was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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7-year-old boy dies after being rescued from retention pond