{"id":16560,"date":"2024-09-03T13:13:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T17:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=16560"},"modified":"2024-09-03T13:13:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T17:13:06","slug":"child-found-submerged-in-south-seaside-park-swimming-pool-succumbs-to-drowning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2024\/09\/child-found-submerged-in-south-seaside-park-swimming-pool-succumbs-to-drowning\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Found Submerged in South Seaside Park Swimming Pool Succumbs to Drowning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_371\" style=\"width: 766px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/police_lights.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Police Lights (Photo: Jason Rojas\/Flickr)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371\" class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/police_lights.png\" alt=\"Police Lights (Photo: Jason Rojas\/Flickr)\" width=\"756\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/police_lights.png 756w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/police_lights-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police Lights (Photo: Jason Rojas\/Flickr)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A four-year-old boy who was found submerged in a swimming pool in the South Seaside Park section of Berkeley Township over the holiday weekend has died, authorities confirmed Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ocean County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office said the child, whose name was not divulged publicly, died at Jersey Shore University Medical Center on Tuesday. The incident was described by the prosecutor&#8217;s office as accidental.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 30, 2024, at approximately 3:30 p.m., officers from the Berkeley Township Police Department, Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office and Ocean County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a residence in South Seaside Park for a report that a four-year-old male had been removed from a swimming pool and found to be unresponsive.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency life-saving techniques were performed on the child, and he was transported to the Neptune-based trauma center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts and prayers are with this child\u2019s parents, family and friends at this most difficult time,\u201d Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer stated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2024\/09\/child-found-submerged-in-south-seaside-park-swimming-pool-succumbs-to-drowning\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A four-year-old boy who was found submerged in a swimming pool in the South Seaside Park section of Berkeley Township over the holiday weekend has died, authorities confirmed Tuesday. The Ocean County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office said the child, whose name was not divulged publicly, died at Jersey Shore University Medical Center on Tuesday. 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