By Associated Press - Monday, June 5, 2017

PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Police are investigating the apparent drowning of a 3-year-old in western Michigan.

Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Mark Bennett says the child had been playing a backyard Monday afternoon and somehow got into an above-ground swimming pool.

Bennett tells WZZM-TV (https://on.wzzm.com/2rMHXTn ) first responders were called to a home northwest of Holland. He says the child later was pronounced dead at a hospital.

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Information from: WZZM-TV, https://www.wzzm13.com

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