Officials say a 23-year-old man is in critical condition after he was found in a pool at a Mississauga home on Monday.
Police and paramedics in Peel Region were called to the house on Mesa Crescent, near Mississauga Road and the Queen Elizabeth Way, at around 2:10 p.m.
A police spokesperson told Global News the man went into the pool, but he wasn’t able to swim. Police said he started to panic and screamed for help. The spokesperson said the man’s girlfriend then ran out for help, found a nearby resident and called emergency crews.
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Police said the resident pulled the man out of the water, who along with officers, began to perform CPR until police arrived.
Paramedics took the man a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police said in an update Monday afternoon the man was stabilized, but was still listed in critical condition.
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