Young boy dies after being found in pool in Raby

Police will prepare a report for the Coroner after a young boy’s death in Sydney’s south-west today, NSW Police say.

Emergency services were called to a home on Spitfire Drive at Raby just before 5.30pm today, after a six-year-old boy was found unconscious in a backyard pool.

He was taken by NSW Ambulance Paramedics to the Children’s Hospital at Westmead under a police escort, however died a short time after arriving.

A crime scene has been established and police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Officers from the Macquarie Fields Local Area Command will now prepare a report for the information of the Coroner.

Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers.

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