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Boy, 9, Dies In Possible Drowning
A 9-year-old South Euclid boy died in a possible drowning Tuesday at a Euclid YMCA.
UPDATE: The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office has issued a correction on the hometown of the boy. He was from South Euclid, not Cleveland Heights.
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Euclid Police and YMCA officials are investigating the probable drowning Tuesday of a 9-year-old boy at the Euclid YMCA, reports Patch news partner WEWS News Channel 5.
Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Lonnie Smith, 9, of South Euclid, was pulled from the water and transported to Euclid General Hospital where he was then flown to MetroHealth Medical Center and later died.
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According to Rick Haase with the YMCA of Greater Cleveland, a daycare center rented out the pool Tuesday.
According to Haase, there were 26 children in the pool at the time of the incident and three lifeguards on duty.
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The incident remains under investigation and the pool is closed until further notice as it is considered a crime scene.
The group who rented the pool has been identified by the YMCA as Always Available Daycare.
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