Toddler dies after being pulled from dam
A toddler has died after being pulled from a dam in NSW’s Central West.
Emergency services were called to a Pipers Flat Road property in Portland near Lithgow about 3pm on Tuesday following reports of concern for welfare.
When officers arrived they found a two-year-old boy who had been pulled from a dam on the property.
He was rushed to Bathurst Hospital in a critical condition after being treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics at the scene.
However, the child later died in hospital.
Inquiries have commenced into the incident.