1-year-old boy dies weeks after nearly drowning in Etna
A 1-year-old boy died two weeks after nearly drowning in Etna, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office reported.
Leo Garrison was reported to be unresponsive around 3:40 p.m. July 13 in the 100 block of Etna’s Sycamore Street, Allegheny County Police said.
First responders performed life-saving measures on the boy and he was hospitalized in critical condition, police said.
The boy was pronounced dead at the hospital just before 12:30 a.m. Thursday. The medical examiner’s office did not provide a cause or manner of death.
Julia Maruca is a TribLive reporter covering health and the Greensburg and Hempfield areas. She joined the Trib in 2022 after working at the Butler Eagle covering southwestern Butler County. She can be reached at jmaruca@triblive.com.
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