Toddler in stable condition after drowning near Shepparton
A toddler who slipped underwater near Shepparton remains in the Royal Children’s Hospital.
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A toddler who was rushed to hospital after reports of a drowning is in a stable condition, as of Monday afternoon.
Emergency services rushed to a small town on the outskirts of Shepparton to reports a toddler had drowned on Monday morning.
Ambulance Victoria was called to a report of a child drowning in the channel on Sidebottoms Rd, Pine Lodge, about 9.30am.
Paramedics worked on the toddler who was in a serious condition at the scene before an air ambulance arrived.
The toddler was then flown to the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.
Pine Lodge is a small town east of Shepparton and has a population of about 200 people.
The town was rocked by tragedy last month when four people died in a horrific high speed T-bone smash at the intersection of Pine Lodge and Cosgrove-Lemnos roads.
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