PIERCE TOWNSHIP, Ohio —

A 4-year-old child remains in the hospital after being found unresponsive in a pool in Clermont County Thursday.

According to Clermont County Dispatch, the call came in around 4:07 p.m. Thursday in the 3200 block of State Route 132. Advertisement

Police said the 4-year-old child was found unresponsive by a family member and a neighbor nearby helped administer CPR until officers arrived.

The child was taken to Children's Hospital where he remains on a ventilator.

Police said the incident happened in an above-ground pool near the house. Police said the boy has autism and wandered from the house.

It's a tragedy that is becoming all too common in the area.

Last November, 6-year-old Joshua Al-Lateef drowned in a pond near his home in West Chester. His mother, Jon

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