Child Dies After Being Pulled from Bay at Sandy Point

A little boy died after being pulled from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay at Sandy Point State Park on Monday morning, officials said.

Emergency crews were called to the busy park at 8:10 a.m. for a report of missing 6-year-old boy, police and fire officials said.

The child was reported missing from an unguarded section of the South Beach part of the park, said Sgt. Art Windemuth, a Natural Resources Police spokesman said.

Employees of the Maryland Park Service and the Natural Resources Police, along with volunteers, began a search for the boy, including creating a human chain in the water, Windemuth said.

The boy was pulled from the water and CPR was performed until a crew from the Anne Arundel County Fire Department arrived.

The boy was taken by ambulance to Anne Arundel Medical Center with serious and life-threatening injuries, said Capt. James Rostek, a county Fire Department spokesman.

Windemuth said the boy later died.

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