Michigan
Boy, 4, falls into Northern Michigan river, drowns while at playground
WOLVERINE, MI – A 4-year-old boy died Monday after he fell into a Northern Michigan river and drowned while visiting a playground with his family, officials said.
James Zassadney was pronounced dead at a local hospital Monday after he was pulled from the Sturgeon River in Cheboygan County, WPBN/WGTU reports.
“This is heartbreaking, for anyone to lose a child, our thoughts are with the family at this time,” Cheboygan County Sheriff Tim Cook said in a statement. “This was a situation where one minute you know where your child is and the next, they’re gone. It’s so unfortunate.”
Deputies and other first responders were dispatched Monday afternoon to Lumberman’s Park in Wolverine for a missing child, the report said. He was found unresponsive in the river. CPR was administered at the park, but he couldn’t be saved.