LANCASTER, NY -- A 3-year-old girl has drowned in a backyard swimming pool in New York, and her 4-year-old brother has been rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
The Buffalo News reports that the two children were unresponsive when they were pulled from the above-ground pool Friday night in Lancaster.
The children were taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Cheektowaga, where the girl died.
Her brother was later transported to Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo. He is listed in critical condition.