A toddler has died after she was found in water off the Victorian Bellarine Peninsula on Thursday.
Emergency services were called to a pier off The Esplanade in Portarlington about 1pm to investigate reports that a two-year-old girl was missing.
A two-year-old child has been pulled from the water near a pier in Portarlington.Credit: The Age
The child was found in the water unresponsive.
"Police commenced CPR on the child till ambulance crews arrived but unfortunately she died at the scene," a spokesman said.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner.
Rachael Dexter is a City reporter for The Age, previously with The Sunday Age.Connect via Twitter, Facebook or email.
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