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2-year-old boy drowns in small pond on family’s property in Nova Scotia

A two-year-old boy drowned in a pond in Auburn, N.S. Tuesday evening. File/Global News

RCMP say a toddler drowned in a man-made pond on his family’s property Tuesday evening in Auburn, N.S.

Officers were called at around 6 p.m. to a home on Highway 1, where a two-year-old boy had fallen into the small pond.

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When police arrived, paramedics were attempting to resuscitate the child. The boy was transported to hospital but died just after 7 p.m.

RCMP say their investigation is ongoing and their thoughts are with the victim’s family.

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