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Toddler dies after drowning in Clinton

Toddler dies after drowning in Clinton

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A 1-year-old boy who was found unresponsive in Clinton on Tuesday has died.

Shannon Moss with the Maine Department of Public Safety says the child who lived at a home on Elwood Drive was found unresponsive Tuesday evening in a plastic tote that had water in it.

He was found by his mother after she was alerted by another child.

The child was taken to a hospital and then flown by LifeFlight to Maine Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition and later died.

Moss says the circumstances surrounding the child’s death are under investigation.

 

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