A 21-year-old child care worker has been charged with a single felony after a 3-year-old boy who was left outside unsupervised nearly drowned in rainwater that had collected on top of a covered pool, police said.
The incident occurred on the afternoon of April 18 at Gordy’s Little Angels Play School in Bear while the young woman was temporarily left to run the facility. Police said the owner of the home day care had to run to the store for an errand.
According to police, a group of children were playing near the above-ground pool when the 21-year-old went inside to make lunch for the kids. At some point, she noticed the little boy had climbed up something − it’s not clear what − to get to the pool. He fell onto the cover and into rainwater that had collected on top, police said.
When the woman noticed the boy, she ran over and pulled him out then called 911. Police responded to Nemours Children’s Hospital, where they were told he “had injuries consistent with being submerged underwater and suffering from hypothermia.”