The Arkansas City Police Department is investigating a possible drowning that occurred late last Thursday afternoon in southeast Arkansas City. The Arkansas City Police and Fire-EMS departments were dispatched at 5:04pm that day, for a
report of a possible drowning in the 800 block of South Boyer Road. They arrived to find CPR was being administered to a child and EMS personnel took over the life-
saving efforts. The child was transported by ambulance to South Central Kansas Medical Center, where the child later was pronounced dead. The incident remains under investigation at this time.