ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A 5-year-old girl has died after drowning in a backyard pool on Long Island.
Suffolk County Police say Sunday the young girl was found unresponsive in the pool at a home on Columbine Avenue in Islip (EYE’-slihp).
It happened around 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Police say several other people were in the pool when 5-year-old Carissa Walker was found unconscious below the surface.
The young girl was pulled out of the water and bystanders began CPR. She died a short time later at a nearby hospital.
Police say there was a party at the home at the time and many people were in the yard.
An investigation is still underway.
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This story has been corrected from an earlier version to show the girl is 5 years old, not 6.
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