A 5-year-old girl is in critical condition after nearly drowning in her backyard pool in the south suburbs on Friday.
Around 7:30 p.m., Cook County sheriff’s deputies responded to a home in the 13000 block of Silver Fox Drive in unincorporated Lemont Township.
Lemont Fire Department paramedics also arrived on the scene and began treating the child, who had fallen into the pool.
The child was taken to Silver Cross Hospital and then transferred to Lurie Children’s Hospital, where she is in critical condition, according to the sheriff’s office.
Authorities did not immediately provide additional information.
