Exeter toddler dies after crawling into fish pond
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NORTH KINGSTOWN -- An 18-month-old Exeter boy died this morning after he crawled into a fish pond in the back yard of a Greenwood Road home. The boy, whose name has not been released, was declared dead at South County Hospital at 10:25 a.m., after two police officers and a rescue team tried to revive him. According to police, the boy was under the care of Inez Neary, a 37-year-old babysitter. The police said Neary left the boy alone briefly. The boy, they said, opened a screen slider, crawled onto a deck, crossed the lawn and entered a small man-made fish pond. Neary came upstairs, saw the boy was missing and woke her daughter. "She stared yelling, 'The baby's gone. Help me find him!' " said Capt. Charles Brennan. "She searched the back yard and quickly found him face down in the pond. She pulled him onto the deck and called 911," Brennan said. The call came at 9:40 a.m. Shortly after, Neary guided Officer Thomas Connolly and Detective James Robinson to the baby, who lay motionless on the deck. The two officers, both veterans, tried to revive the boy with CPR. Fire and Rescue workers tried afterwards, and transported the boy to South County Hospital. The police found the boy's mother at work and took her to the hospital. The mother's name was not disclosed. The pond is 2 feet deep in some places, but the police yesterday said they are waiting on the state medical examiner to determine the cause of death. Police detectives "are conducting an investigation into the tragedy," Brennan said. -- Journal staff writer Paul Davis 
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That's why you don't hire a baby-sitter, especially for such a small young child, that doesn't know CPR. Depending on how long the baby-sitter left him alone, if she knew CPR, she could have saved him.
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