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3-year-old was underwater for 3 min., flown to hospital after falling into pool in Georgetown

GEORGETOWN, Mass — A three-year-old girl was underwater for three minutes when she fell into a pool before she was pulled out and flown from the North Shore to a Boston hospital Sunday.

The girl fell into an above-ground pool on North Street shortly in Georgetown before 5:00 p.m., a spokesperson for Georgetown Police and Fire Departments told Boston 25.

Off-duty Georgetown and Newbury firefighters arrived at the home to find the girl had been pulled from the pool but was unresponsive.

The crews were able to perform CPR and the girl regained her pulse and breathing.

Officers, firefighters and paramedics rushed the girl to Anna Jacques Hospital in Newburyport where she was flown by medical helicopter to a Boston hospital.

Georgetown Fire and Police are investigating the incident.

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