Two-year-old boy fights for life after falling into private dam on Sydney property

A two-year-old boy is in a critical condition after falling into a dam on a property in Sydney’s northwest.

A two-year-old boy is fighting for his life following a near drowning at a property at Maraylya. Picture: Supplied

A two-year-old boy is fighting for life after nearly drowning at a property at Maraylya, in Sydney’s northwest.

A NSW Police spokesperson told NCA NewsWire emergency services responded to reports of a boy falling into a private dam on a property on Pebbly Hill Rd about 10.30am Thursday.

A two-year-old boy is fighting for life after nearly drowning at a property at Maraylya. Picture: Google

A two-year-old boy has been taken to Westmead Children’s Hospital in a critical condition after he fell into a backyard dam. Picture: 7News

Paramedics performed CPR on the boy before a CareFlight helicopter was called to the scene.

But the toddler was transported by road to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, where he remains in a critical condition.

About 30 children younger than five have drown in Australia each year for the last decade, according to figures from Royal Life Saving Australia.

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