Two Toddlers Die in Apparent Drowning
Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of two toddlers who were pulled unresponsive from a pond behind an apartment complex in Holtsville this afternoon.
Fifth Precinct officers responded to a 911 call from a family member reporting two missing girls from an apartment in the Fairfield Townhouses at Holtsville, located at Victorian Court, at 3:16 p.m.
Upon arrival, the officers joined good Samaritans in searching the complex. The girls were located behind the complex in a pond by good Samaritans and were pulled unresponsive from the water at approximately 3:20 p.m.
The sisters, age 2 and 4, were both transported via ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital where they were pronounced dead.
Detectives are asking anyone with information on this incident to call the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392.