Officials: Toddler May Have Accidentally Drowned In Fish Pond
MILLVILLE, NJ (CBS) – A police investigation is underway after a toddler may have accidentally drowned in an outdoor fish pond at a New Jersey day care.
Millville Police received a call Tuesday morning reporting a 15-month-old boy possibly drowned.
Upon arrival at the Sunshine Day Care, located on the 900 block of Shar Lane, officers found an unresponsive toddler.
The day care's owner, 58-year-old Roxanne Lacy, told police that she was somewhat attending to another child and once she returned to the yard she noticed the toddler had fallen into an outdoor goldfish pond.
The Millville Police Detective Bureau, Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office and the DCF are investigating.
Millville Police are treating this as a traumatic accident.
The day care has not reopened.
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