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9-year-old boy pulled from Tacony Creek
Police are investigating after they say a 9-year-old was pulled from the Tacony Creek in Philadelphia's Crescentville neighborhood and later died at the hospital.
PHILADELPHIA - A child has died after police say an incident occurred in Tacony Creek Sunday evening.
At around 6:10 p.m., police received a 911 call reporting a child was unresponsive in the water near the 1100 block of East Wyoming Avenue.
Upon arrival, medics pulled the nine-year-old boy from the creek and transported him to St. Christopher's Hospital in critical condition.
He was later pronounced dead at 7:18 p.m.
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This is an ongoing investigation.
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