A weekend outing turned tragic Saturday night when a 14-year-old boy died after apparently drowning in a pond in Clay Township, authorities said.

The boy, who is from the Pittsburgh area, was pronounced dead at Butler Memorial Hospital where he was taken after family members pulled from a private pond along Shroyer Mill Road, shortly after 9 p.m.

An autopsy is expected to be performed later today to determine the cause of death, said Butler County Deputy Coroner Larry Barr.

State police are investigating but a report was not available this morning. A telephone call to the investigating trooper was not immediately returned.

The boy, whose name was not released, was reportedly with family attending a picnic. He apparently was swimming in the pond when he went missing, said Chief Reid Campbell of the West Sunbury Volunteer Fire Department.

The county's 911 center got a call reporting a possible drowning at 9:07 p.m. and West Sunbury and Unionville firefighters were dispatched as was the county-wide dive team.

But by the time rescue crews got there, family had found the boy and gotten him out of the water.

“The family was doing CPR,” Campbell said.

A Butler Ambulance Service crew arrived quickly and a team of medics took over life-saving efforts.

“It was quite a hectic scenario,” Campbell said.

The boy was rushed to the hospital, authorities said, but he died in the emergency room.