The Vermont State Police is investigating an incident in which a 3-year-old boy received life-threatening injuries after falling into a water storage tank at Smugglers Notch Resort in Cambridge.
The incident occurred at about 2:45 p.m. when the child was walking in an area adjacent to an outdoor splash pad at the resort and fell into the below-ground storage tank filled with water. On-duty lifeguards were able to free the boy from the basin. Initial investigation indicates he was in the water for approximately 10 minutes. He was transported by ambulance to the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington for treatment of critical, life-threatening injuries.
The boy, a Cambridge resident, was participating in a Smugglers Notch Resort day-camp program at the time of the incident. His name is being withheld at this stage of the investigation.
Cambridge Fire and Rescue assisted the Vermont State Police on scene. VSP has notified the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which oversees workplace safety issues, and the Department for Children and Families, which oversees licensed daycare providers, about the incident.
The investigation remains active and ongoing. Anyone with information that could assist the state police is asked to call the Williston Barracks at 802-878-7111.
No further information is available at this time. VSP will provide updates as the investigation continues.
Categories: Police Reports, Press Release
Life-threatening injury, or he drowned? Or both?
What a nightmare.
So much for the hoydee-toydees in Stowe laughing at the truckers getting caught in their beloved “notch.” You get what you give. Laughing at working class people when no one in their right mind wants to get their truck stuck in that God-forsaken natural BS nonsense that could have been remedied a long time ago…
BUT NO!! The town and the tow operator make a butt-load of money every time a truck gets stuck.
So here’s your reward for laughing at ordinary working people, and making money off their misery, Stowe residents. Where was your sign for the dangers at your precious splash playground, eh??
“The incident occurred at about 2:45 p.m. when the child was walking in an area adjacent to an outdoor splash pad at the resort and fell into the below-ground storage tank filled with water.”
What the heck? That doesn’t sound good at all. Having an open below grade water tank is a serious oversight. Hoping the child was not without oxygen long enough for permanent damage to occur.
It is obvious somebody wasn’t watching the boy.
Sounds like negligence to me. Why would you have an open water tank where anyone could fall in.
Praying in Jesus’ name for full recovery for the child, strength and comfort for the parents and family, and a turning to God if, they are not already believers.