Girl, 4, drowns in pond at Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre: RCMP

The exterior of the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre — FILE - The Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre. (Courtesy Facebook/CLLC)

Posted August 6, 2024 11:35 am.

Last Updated August 6, 2024 12:35 pm.

The RCMP says a four-year-old girl drowned in a pond at the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre on B.C. Day.

Mounties, paramedics, and firefighters were called to the water park at the centre around 8 p.m. Monday for reports of a drowning incident.

Police say the young girl had been pulled out of the water by her family and was being given CPR by bystanders when first responders arrived.

Emergency responders took over and rushed the girl to the hospital, where she died.

The RCMP is providing support to the family through its Victim Services. It is thanking bystanders and other first responders who tried to save the child.

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