HOLTSVILLE, NY — Two young sisters apparently drowned in a pond near their Long Island apartment complex, authorities said.
A family member called police Saturday afternoon to report the girls, ages 2 and 4, missing. Officers and local residents searched the girls’ apartment complex in Holtsville and found them unresponsive in a nearby pond shortly before 3:30 p.m., police said.
Life-saving measures were administered and the girls were taken to a hospital, where they were pronounced dead, officials said.
Suffolk County homicide detectives are investigating the deaths. Authorities did not provide further details.
Holtsville is about 80 kilometers east of Manhattan.