3-year-old boy drowns in family pool in Bangor Township

A 3-year-old boy died Friday after apparently drowning in his family’s pool. Bay County Sheriff’s deputies, Mobile Medical Response and Bangor Township firefighters were dispatched to a house in the 3400 block of Old Kawkawlin Road at 7:07 p.m. in reference to a child submerged in a pool. Upon deputies’ arrival, Eric J. Zimmer II was being administered CPR and rescue personnel continued to try resuscitating him, said Lt. Troy Cunningham. The child was eventually transferred to McLaren Bay Region hospital, where he was declared dead. Eric was missing for about 20 minutes before his family found him at the bottom of an above-ground pool, Cunningham said. An autopsy was performed and it appears the death was caused by an accidental drowning, though the case remains open pending toxicology results.


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