LAKE HUGHES, Calif. (AP) — Two small children have been pronounced dead after being found in a pond in semirural northern Los Angeles County.
Sheriff's Lt. Charles Calderaro tells KTLA-TV that the victims were a 4-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl.
The apparent drownings occurred late Monday afternoon in the community of Lake Hughes.
Deputies called to a home on a 12-acre property learned that the children’s mother noticed they were missing around 5:30 p.m. and began a search.
The children were unresponsive when the mother found them in the pond.
Deputies began resuscitation efforts and called paramedics.
Both children were ultimately flown to a hospital where they were pronounced dead.
