A Huntington Station toddler drowned Sunday morning in a pond at Heckscher Park.
Suffolk County Police said they responded to a 911 call about 11:40 a.m. that a boy had fallen into a pond. The 2-year-old boy, who was at the park with his father, had been pulled from the pond when police arrived. A Good Samaritan was administering CPR.
A Second Precinct officer took the boy and his father to Huntington Hospital, where the child was pronounced dead.
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Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death, which is believed to be accidental.
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