Boy, 5, Dies In Drowning At Residential Pool In Buffalo Grove: Officials

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — A 5-year-old boy has died in a drowning at a private residential pool in Buffalo Grove, authorities said.

The boy, who is from Plainfield, was found unresponsive in the pool in the 100 block of Copperwood Drive at about 6:30 p.m. Friday, according to a news release from the Buffalo Grove Fire Department.

When paramedics arrived, the boy was out of the water, and bystanders were performing CPR on him. Paramedics took over life-saving efforts, and the boy was taken to Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights where he was later pronounced dead.

The incident remains under investigation by the Buffalo Grove Police Department.