Crime & Safety
Peotone Boy, 1, Drowns At Indoor Home Pool: Lake County Coroner
The child was taken to a local hospital after being found unconscious and not breathing Monday afternoon.
BANNOCKBURN, IL — A child just shy of 2 years old who drowned in a residential indoor swimming pool in Lake County earlier this week has been identified as a Peotone boy.
An autopsy for Noah Probst, 1 year and 10 months, was conducted Tuesday by the Lake County Coroner's Office, with results indicating his death was consistent with drowning.
At around 2 p.m. Monday, the Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District and Bannockburn Police Department responded to the 1900 block of Half Day Road for a report of a drowning in a residential indoor pool. Emergency crews arrived and began trying to resuscitate the child, who had been pulled from the pool, and who was unconscious and not breathing.
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The child was taken to Endeavor Health Highland Park Hospital, where despite care and treatment, he was pronounced dead in the emergency room.
The Bannockburn Police Department continues to investigate the incident, but foul play is not suspected.
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Patch Editor Eric DeGrechie contributed to this report.
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