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Child dies, another critical after pool tragedies

Paramedics rushed to save two children within an hour in Sydney’s south-west yesterday

A three-year-old boy has died and another toddler remains in a critical condition after separate incidents in backyard pools in Sydney.

Emergency services were called to a home in Riverwood yesterday afternoon after responding to reports of a toddler needing assistance.

Paramedics found him unconscious and he was taken to Sydney’s Children Hospital in a critical condition.

Sadly, he died a short time later.

Police believe he had been swimming in the pool before he got out and collapsed.

Just an hour later, paramedics worked to save a two-year-old boy after he was pulled unconscious from a backyard swimming pool in Camden South.

He’s currently at The Children’s Hospital in a critical condition.

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