HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A young girl is in the ICU in critical condition Tuesday night after she wandered off and fell into a pond in southwest Harris County, according to authorities.
At about 4 p.m., Harris County sheriff’s deputies responded to a possible drowning call at the Anderson Lake subdivision in the 4400 block of Waterside Cove Lane near Sam Houston Tollway.
At the scene, deputies learned that a neighborhood employee had found the child, possibly a 7-year-old, in the pond. CPR was performed and the girl was taken to the hospital.
@HCSOTexas units responded to the 4400 blk of Waterside Cove Ln, near Sam Houston Tollway and Summerlyn Drive. Units learned that a child, possibly 7 yrs old, wandered off and fell into a pond/lake. CPR was initiated and the child has been transported to a hospital. pic.twitter.com/RKt7KyP9L7
%u2014 Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) August 30, 2022
It’s unclear how the child wandered off or if anyone will be facing charges.
