3rd Pool Drowning In 3 Days In This NJ County

PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ — Three people over three days drowned in Passaic County this weekend, with two of the incidents being fatal.

Wayne: Five-Year-Old Boy

A five-year-old boy was found dead in a residential pool on Friday night.

On Friday, around 6:30 p.m., police responded to Armstrong Avenue and Maple Lane in Wayne on a report of a possible drowning.

Witnesses told police that a five-year-old was found floating, unresponsive, in a residential pool after leaving his residence at around 5:30 p.m. He was not accompanied by an adult, according to authorities.

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Wayne: 40-Year-Old NY Man

A 40-year-old man was pronounced dead after drowning during a pool party.

On Saturday, around 10:30 p.m., Wayne police were dispatched to a pool party to assist a drowning victim.

According to police, the victim was spotted by house guests unconscious, floating at the bottom of the pool. Party goers pulled the man from the water and attempted CPR until Wayne first responders arrived and took over.

The drowning victim, 40, from Queens, NY, was rushed to Saint Joseph’s Wayne Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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Clifton: 19-Year-Old Hospitalized

A teen was hospitalized on Sunday after he apparently drowned at a pool party in Clifton.

On Sunday, around 4:30 p.m., Clifton first responders were dispatched to a pool party on Lennon Place to assist a swimmer in distress.

Witnesses told police that the 19-year-old was unconscious in the water and that they had unsuccessfully tried to get him out of the pool.

First responders were able to pull the teen from the pool before performing resuscitation efforts, police said.

The teen was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he is currently in “serious condition,” according to authorities.

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The string of drownings comes just a few days after another five-year-old boy drowned in a pool in Paterson.

The recent drownings in a tight span is reminiscent of the summer of 2022, where 10 swimmers died in the span of a month. The common thread those drownings were that of the 10 deaths, eight happened when people were swimming at unguarded beaches.

This was also the case last summer when 31-year-old Marco Lemus-Giron was pronounced dead on the shore after getting pulled from Sunset Lake in Bridgeton. His death marked the second reported drowning in a South Jersey lake that weekend.

Drowning tragedy also marked Nilda Sanchez, whose her 2-year-old daughter Alani Sophia Holmes drowned in her babysitter's pool.

Drowning is the second leading cause of death for children ages five to 14, following motor vehicle accidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is the leading cause of death for children ages one to four.

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Contains reporting from Josh Bakan, Alexis Tarrazi, Karen Wall and Veronica Flesher