RENTON, Wash. — A 3-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was pulled from Lake Washington.
Renton firefighters responded to reports of a possible drowning at a condominium building near Gene Coulon Park at about 11 a.m. Thursday.
When they arrived, the boy was on a dock.
According to witnesses, the boy wandered from a play area through a fence opening to the private dock at the condominiums.
A woman, walking by, from an adjacent condo project jumped in to pull out the child.
Renton fire said the boy was not seen for several minutes when a passerby spotted him in the water and pulled him out.
The boy has been transported to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition. He had a heartbeat when he was transported, according to Renton fire.
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