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Boy's drowning ruled accident

NEW CASTLE — Authorities say a 3-year-old boy drowned in a pool over the weekend.

Emergency personnel in Lawrence County were called to the Neshannock Township pool just before 6 p.m. Sunday after the boy was found unresponsive in the pool.

When first responders arrived to find family and friends performing CPR on the child. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead early Monday.

The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office said Monday that the death of 3-year-old Geovonni Rotar was due to drowning and had been ruled accidental.

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