Crime & Safety

3-Year-Old Drowned at Delco Pool

An unresponsive girl was pulled from the outdoor pool shortly before 5 p.m. and was transported to Bryn Mawr Hospital before she was pronounced dead.

A 3-year-old girl drowned Saturday afternoon at an outdoor pool at St. Albans Swim Club in Newtown Township, police confirmed.

Police and ambulance were dispatched to the swim club pool shortly before 5 p.m.  When they arrived, someone was already administering CPR to the girl, and she was transported by Newtown ambulance to Bryn Mawr Hospital, Newtown Township Chief of Police Dennis Anderson said.

The girl was pronounced dead at 5:40 p.m.

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