Monday 19 December 2016

14-month old girl drowns in Port Stephens

BY JESSICA ROUSE

A weekend in Port Stephens has ended in tragedy with the drowning death of a 14-month old girl.

At about 4:15pm yesterday, the little girl was found in a backyard pool by a relative in Medowie.

She was pulled unconscious from the water with both family and attending police performing CPR before NSW Ambulance paramedics arrived.

She was taken to John Hunter Hospital, but was unable to be revived.