NACOGDOCHES POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING DROWNING

(July 23, 2021): Around 6:17 p.m. the Nacogdoches Police Department along with the Nacogdoches Fire Department and EMS responded to the 400 block of N. University Dr in response to a 911 call of a child not breathing. When officers arrived CPR was being administered by lifeguards to a 3 year old child that was found unresponsive in a pool. EMS transported the child to Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital. The child was later transferred to an out of town hospital in serious condition for a higher level of care. There is no further information on the child’s condition. An investigation into the circumstances of the drowning has begun by our detectives. As further information becomes available it will be released.