A 2-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was found unresponsive in a backyard pool on Wednesday evening.
Police said the boy and his parents were visiting a home at 36 Glenstone Road in Waterbury.
The boy and other guests went swimming in the above-ground pool, and when everyone else went inside, the boy did not, police said.
The boy's parents found him unconscious in the pool around 6:30 p.m.
Firefighters performed CPR until an ambulance arrived and took him to St. Mary's Hospital, where he was listed as being in very critical condition, according to police.
The boy taken to Connecticut Children's Medical Center by LifeStar at 8 p.m. He is still very critical, police said.
The name of the boy and his family have not been released.
Police are calling this a terrible accident.
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