11 Dec 2020

Two-year-old dies in hospital after pool incident

1:35 pm on 11 December 2020

A toddler has died in hospital after a incident at a Hawke's Bay pool.

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Starship Hospital. (File image). Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

Emergency services were called to the council-run Napier Aquatic Centre in Onekawa just before midday last weekend.

Police said the two-year-old was initially taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital before being transported to Starship in Auckland.

They say the toddler died on Wednesday.

Investigations are continuing.