Child pulled from water at Smith Mountain Lake
Police are waiting to release the identity and condition of a child pulled from the water at Smith Mountain Lake State Park, until family members are notified.
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WSLS News Staff
Published: August 8, 2008
Updated Friday 12:00 a.m.
Emergency crews say it happened in Bedford County at the Smith Mountain Lake State Park in Huddleston. The incident was at the beach located on the peninsula near the end of State Park Road.
Police tell 10 On Your Side they will not release any information about the child, including if the child is alive, until additional family members are notified.
A couple of parents whose children were on a field trip to the beach with Roanoke County Parks and Rec told 10 On Your Side, their children saw all of this happen.
Parks and Rec Director Pete Haislip says the victim is not one of the children on that trip.
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Lifeguards at Smith Mountain Lake state park had to pull a child from the water this afternoon.
Police at the park tell us they received a call about a missing juvenile at the beach. Lifeguards then cleared the water, and found the child in the water.
They then brought the child out of the water. The child was given CPR, and then taken to a hospital by ambulance.
Police would not say whether the child is alive or not.
We’ll bring you more information as we get it.
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