5-year-old girl pulled from pool during drowning call at Raleigh birthday party

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Wake County EMS respond to drowning call involving 5-year-old
Wake County EMS respond to drowning call involving 5-year-old

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Wake County EMS responded to a drowning call involving a child on Saturday afternoon.

Officials say it happened at a birthday party in the 5300 block of Winding View Lane.

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Two doctors were at the party and were able to attend to the 5-year-old girl as soon as she was pulled out of the bottom of the swimming pool. This was prior to EMS' arrival.

The girl was said to have been underwater for nearly 10 minutes.

CPR was performed when EMS arrived and the girl regained a pulse, officials say.

She was then rushed to WakeMed.

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