UPDATE: 7/6/2023
The 3-year-old involved in a near-drowning incident at Lake Zorinsky has died.
According to an email from OPD, the 3-year-old child found in Lake Zorinsky on Saturday, July 1 died at Children's Hospital on Wednesday, July 5.
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The Omaha Police are investigating a near-drowning incident that left a three-year-old girl in critical condition Saturday night.
Here's what we know from police:
According to OPD, officers responded to a missing child call at Zorinsky Lake at 9:06 p.m. When officers arrived a citizen was performing CPR on the girl.
Officers took over lifesaving measures until OFD medics arrived and transported the girl to Lakeside Hospital in critical condition, said police.
Authorities said officers determined the girl was at a playground when she wandered off. She was found in the lake a short time later. At this time the girl remains in extremely critical condition.
The investigation is ongoing.
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