Five-Year-Old Drowns At Moraine State Park

MUDDY CREEK TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – A 5-year-old boy from Pittsburgh drowned at Moraine State Park on Monday afternoon. Park Manager Dustin Drew said the boy was with his family at the park’s beach on the South Shore. The park manager said emergency crews got the call just before 2 p.m. Monday. Investigators said the boy went swimming when another park visitor found him unresponsive. First responders gave the little boy CPR, but he did not survive. It’s unclear if the boy’s family was in the water with him at the time and how many people were there. The park manager told our news partners at Channel 11 the boy was swimming inside the roped area, but because there are no lifeguards there, everyone swims at their own risk. The man-made lake is 5 feet at its deepest. Park Rangers are leading the investigation and said foul play is not suspected.