A missing toddler was found in a Temecula pool Saturday evening, Sept. 27, and was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies were called just before 5 p.m. to the 30000 block of Wellington Circle, near Calle Medusa, after a report of a missing child.

Deputies found the girl in a pool and rendered medical aid until paramedics arrived and she was hospitalized, a sheriff’s statement said.

The residential neighborhood is south of Nicolas Road, east of Highway 79/Winchester Road.

The investigation is ongoing and the child remained in critical condition, according to the sheriff’s statement.

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