Toddler drowns in south London pool

A toddler is dead after being pulled from a backyard pool Friday afternoon.

Around 3:35 p.m., police were called to a home on Fitzroy Place.

Once there, officers found a two-year-old child unconscious in a backyard pool.

Paramedics tried to resuscitate the toddler on the way to Children's Hospital, but the child was pronounced dead once there.

The child’s identity is not being released at this time.

The incident is still under investigation.

Members of the Major Crime and Forensic Identification Sections are assisting the Coroner.

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  Tony Salazar, 6, emerges from the water as he demonstrates a swim stroke following a presentation on water safety by the Texas Department of Family and Child Protective Services Monday June 16, 2008 at the Grandview pool in El Paso, Texas. (El Paso Times, Victor Calzada)