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Wathena child dead one week after holiday drowning

By Brian Hagen

07/11/2024

(KAIR)--A 4-year-old Wathena child is dead, one week following an Independence Day drowning in Buchanan County, Missouri during what authorities say was a large 4th of July party.

The child drowned that 4th of July night, with authorities called to Southwest 36th Road, the location of the swimming pool, shortly before 8:00.

KQ2-TV, citing the Buchanan County Sheriff's Office, reports that family members, at the holiday gathering, attempted CPR on the boy, who was then transported for hospital care, first in St. Joseph, then at Children's Mercy, in Kansas City.

The TV station Thursday, citing the Sheriff's Office, reported the child died that morning, at Children's Mercy.

The child's name is not made public.

Wathena, in Doniphan County, Kansas, is located about 5-miles west of Buchanan County's St. Joseph, Missouri.

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