HOUSTON (KIAH) — A 3-year-old child drowned in the backyard swimming pool at a home in northwest Harris County, authorities said.

The Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office said they received a call on Wednesday afternoon at a home on the 6900 block of Apple Valley Lane in the Champions area of northwest Harris County that a child had drowned in their pool

Constables said that the child was taken to a local hospital, where the child was declared dead.

The situation is under investigation.

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