KSP investigating drowning death of 2-year-old

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Executive Producer - Josh Morgan

Story Created: Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:12 AM

Story Updated: Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:14 AM

Providence, KY - Kentucky State Police are investigating the drowning of a two-year-old child, that occurred Tuesday night in Webster County.

According to KSP, the child had been found unresponsive in a swimming pool at a house in Providence.  Hopkins County Coroner, Dennis Mayfield, pronounced the victim, Hayden Hubbard, of Providence, dead at the Regional Medical Center in Madisonville.

The preliminary report from Kentucky State Police says that the child was left unattended for a short time and then climbed the ladder to an above-ground pool and fell in. 

Foul play is not suspected.  An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday morning at the State Medical Examiner's Office in Louisville.