A boy who was found unresponsive on the shoreline at Pike Lake passed away despite CPR.
The Saskatoon Fire Department was called to Pike Lake for reports of a missing child near the lake. Several crews responded including the RCMP, Medavie Health Services West, STARS Air Ambulance, Delisle & District Fire Department in addition to Saskatchewan Provincial Parks Staff.
The SFD stated that when crews arrived, they found an unresponsive boy on the shoreline being attended to by paramedics and police. The boy was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition after being found unresponsive on the shoreline at Pike Lake.
It is understood that the child was not wearing a lifejacket or PFD when he was removed from the water. The paramedics assisted in conduction CPR before STARS Air Ambulance transported the boy to a hospital in Saskatoon.
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