Statement on Fatal Woburn Drowning

WOBURN – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Woburn Chief of Police Robert Ferullo have confirmed that at approximately 6:00 p.m. Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office responded to a report that a child had fallen into a pool on Marlborough Road in Woburn. Upon arrival authorities were informed that a thee-year-old male had been transported to an area hospital in life-threatening condition. The child was pronounced dead at 9:00 p.m.

The preliminary investigation suggests the child had been submerged in an in-ground pool for an extended period of time.

This is an open and ongoing investigation being conducted by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, the Woburn Police Department and Massachusetts State Police. No foul play is suspected and no additional information is being released at this time. This office does not release the identities of minors when no foul play is suspected.