NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, Va. -- A two-year-old boy is dead after he fell into a septic tank in Northumberland County Friday afternoon, Sheriff Johnny Beauchamp confirmed to CBS 6.
The boy, who was at a home on Gardy's Mill Road, was able to compromise the lid on a nearby septic tank, falling inside.
His father was able to pull him from the tank and perform CPR. Paramedics responding to the home continued CPR, but the toddler was later pronounced dead at a hospital in Tappahannock.
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