5:17 P.M. UPDATE:
CHEROKEE VILLAGE — Authorities say a 20-month-old boy who was found in a lake in northern Arkansas has died.
Sharp County Sheriff's Sgt. Aaron Presser said Monday that the sheriff's office was notified that the boy died Sunday night at a Little Rock hospital.
Presser says the boy was reported missing Sunday morning from the family's lake house in Cherokee Village and was later found in Lake Sequoyah. Presser said a deputy found the boy in the lake near a dock.
Presser says the deputy was able to revive the boy, who was then taken to a hospital in Highland before being flown to a hospital in Little Rock.
The child's name and cause of death has not been released.
Read Tuesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
— The Associated Press
EARLIER:
A 20-month-old child was airlifted to the hospital after being found unresponsive in an northern Arkansas lake, authorities say.
Rick Crook, chief of the Cherokee Village Police Department, said the toddler was found Sunday afternoon in Lake Sequoyah.
That lake is near Cherokee Village, a town of nearly 4,600 residents in Fulton and Sharp counties.
Crook said the child was taken to a Little Rock hospital after being found.
The toddler's condition was not immediately clear Monday afternoon.
Crook declined to provide any additional details, citing the ongoing investigation and lack of a completed report.
A request for comment from the Sharp County sheriff’s office, which also responded, was redirected to authorities in Cherokee Village.
— Brandon Riddle