KSP investigating toddler drowning in pool
WHITLEY COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 News Now) — Kentucky State Police are investigating after a 16-month-old boy drowned in a swimming pool on the Fourth of July.
Troopers say the child, identified by the Whitley County Coroner’s Office as Lucas Mattie, was found unresponsive in a pool at a home Friday evening. He was rushed to Baptist Health in Corbin around 7:20 p.m., but despite life-saving efforts by EMS, Lucas was pronounced dead at the hospital.
State police say the investigation remains ongoing.
