5-year-old in “serious critical condition” after drowning in backyard pool

A 5-year-old boy is in “serious critical condition” after drowning in a backyard pool at a home in Washington County, authorities said.

Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Rocco Gagliardi said first responders were called to a home on Pine Nut Drive in Nottingham Township for a reported drowning in a pool around 2:40 p.m. on Friday.

Gagliardi said family members pulled the boy from the in-ground pool behind the home before officials arrived, and first responders performed CPR for 60 minutes at the home and in an ambulance before the child was flown to a hospital in Pittsburgh…

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