Toddler found floating unconscious in South Plainfield, NJ pool

⭕ CPR was administered to the boy

⭕ The toddler remained hospitalized Tuesday afternoon

NOTE: The story has been edited to show the correct date of the incident as Tuesday, May 28 per the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office

SOUTH PLAINFIELD — A 2-year-old found floating in a residential swimming pool Tuesday evening remains hospitalized.

First responders were called to the home around 7:35 p.m. and were told the boy was not breathing, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. CPR was administered and the toddler was taken to JFK University Medical Center Hospital.

He remained in critical condition Wednesday afternoon.

Ciccone did not disclose the child's identity or other information.

Elsewhere this weekend, a 4-year-old drowned in a North Brunswick home pool. The boy was found not breathing Saturday night and taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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