A 6-year-old boy drowned at a New Jersey day camp on Monday afternoon, in response to officers.
The boy was discovered unresponsive in a pool at Liberty Lake Day Camp in Mansfield Township round 2 p.m., in response to the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Workplace.
He was pulled out of the water by a lifeguard, and camp staff carried out CPR on him.
The kid was transported by ambulance to Virtua Hospital in Mount Holly, the place he was pronounced lifeless, in response to the prosecutor’s workplace.
It was the camp’s first day of the season, in response to its web site.
“We’re completely devastated and heartbroken,” camp proprietor Andy Pritikin advised camp households in a letter obtained by 6abc.com.
“Our ideas at this most troublesome time are with our camper’s household, buddies and family members — and we’re respecting their privateness at the moment,” he added.
The boy’s identification has not been launched. An post-mortem was scheduled for Tuesday, officers mentioned.
The Submit has reached out to Liberty Lake for remark.
In his letter, Pritikin advised the camp group that the ability has “three registered nurses on employees, 25 lifeguards licensed in first support/CPR/AED, and the Mansfield First Assist Squad situated simply down the road.
“Our objective is all the time to do the whole lot doable to the perfect of our talents to guard the campers and employees in our care,” he wrote.
The 60-acre camp, which gives summertime packages for kids in kindergarten via eighth grade, has been open for greater than 20 years, its web site says.
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