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Pool boy critical

28/04/2008

A ONE-year-old boy was fighting for his life yesterday after he fell into a swimming pool at a home in Tintara Court, Cranbourne North, about 7.30pm on Tuesday.
A Metropolitan Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics performed CPR at the scene and the boy was airlifted to the Royal Children’s Hospital in a critical condition.

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