MORGAN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A 7-year-old who died after being pulled from a private swimming pool at a Butler County home has been identified.
Thursday's Hamilton County coroner's report stated Ian J. Pequignot drowned on Wednesday afternoon.
Sheriff Richard Jones said deputies and medical personnel were called to a home in Morgan Township at around 2:30 p.m. for a reported drowning.
When they arrived, they were told Pequignot had been swimming with other children under adult supervision and did not return to the surface after entering the deep end with snorkeling gear.
The child's mother noticed and pulled the 7-year-old from the pool, beginning CPR.
Pequignot was airlifted to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
"This is an unimaginable tragedy," Jones said in a release. "Incidents involving children are the most difficult calls our deputies respond to. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with the family during this incredibly difficult time."
The incident remains under investigation by the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.
