APPARENT DROWNING
A 5 year-old child from Plainfield, Illinois died Friday night, July 4, 2025 after being found unresponsive and not breathing in an in-ground private swimming pool at a single-family residence in the block of 100 Copperwood Drive in Buffalo Grove in Lake County.
Police and firefighter/paramedics from Buffalo Grove responded about 6:29 p.m. Friday, July 4, 2025 to a report of a 5 year-old child in a swimming pool — unresponsive and not breathing. Upon arrival to a frantic call for help, the patient was found in cardiac arrest by Buffalo Grove Fire Department paramedics and was treated and transported to Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights in Cook County.
Buffalo Grove police officers set up road blocks at all intersections with stoplights in Buffalo Grove, and Arlington Heights police officers set up blocks at all intersections with stoplights on Arlington Heights Road to help expedite the Buffalo Grove Fire Department rescue ambulance’s route to Northwest Community Hospital.
The child was treated with Advanced Life Support by extra paramedics on board the ambulance. The child was also treated at the Emergency Department at Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital, but was pronounced deceased at 7:41 p.m. Friday, July 4, 2025 according to the Cook County Medical Examiners Office.
Initially, a cause of death was not provided by the Cook County Medical Examiners Office.
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