Child drowns off Nantucket beach
A 7-year-old boy drowned this afternoon off a beach on Nantucket, police said.
Nantucket police responded to Steps Beach on the north shore of the island at 2:02 p.m. after receiving multiple 911 calls that a boy had been pulled from the water, Nantucket police Lieutenant Jerry W. Adams said in a statement.
Beachgoers tried to resuscitate the boy, who was unresponsive, until paramedics arrived.
He was rushed to Nantucket Cottage Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police have not released the child’s name. No other information was immediately available.
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