A young boy died after being found by a rescue swimmer off Bethel Island and taken to a hospital on Saturday afternoon after being reported missing, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office said Sunday.
Firefighters were called at about 4:45 p.m. to a report of a missing child in the 400 block of Halcyon Place on Bethel Island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The child was said to be visiting his grandparents on the island, said Capt. Joe Ottolini, a spokesman for the district.
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WATCH HEREA rescue swimmer found the boy submerged in a cove at about 5:10 p.m., Ottolini said.
The child received CPR and was taken to a hospital, he said. On Sunday, the sheriff's office said that the boy later died there.
The boy was about 5 years old, Ottolini. Details weren't clear because of language differences, he added.
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