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Child dead after drowning at Beaver Point Campground in Howard County

The child was pulled from the water shortly before 8 p.m. on Thursday, and was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
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INDIANAPOLIS — A child who went missing underwater at a campground in north central Indiana died Thursday, according to the Howard County Sheriff's Office.

Around 7 p.m. on July 27, the Howard County 911 Dispatch Center received a report of a juvenile who was missing in the water at the Beaver Point Campground in Windfall, Indiana

Deputies arrived 10 minutes later, and divers reportedly entered the water to search for the child. A diver located the child shortly before 8 p.m.

The child was brought to shore, and CPR was started. Medical personnel from Community Howard Regional Health and Greentown Fire Rescue began providing medical assistance.

Medics took the child to Community Howard Regional Health, where they were pronounced dead.

No further details were released by the Howard County Sheriff's Office.

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