May 03, 2025

Boy hospitalized after incident at hotel pool in Kansas

Posted May 03, 2025 1:00 AM
First responders at the hotel on Thursday photo courtesy KWCH
First responders at the hotel on Thursday photo courtesy KWCH

SEDGWICK COUNTY—A 7-year-old boy remains in critical condition after an incident at a hotel pool in Wichita.

Just after 9:30p.m. Thursday, police were dispatched to a hotel in the 7300 block of E. Kellogg in Wichita, in response to a reported drowning, according to Officer Kris Gupilan.

Sedgwick County EMS and the Wichita Fire Department arrived and began life-saving measures on the boy.

EMS  transported him to a local hospital in critical condition. Preliminary investigation indicates the child was playing in the pool when he went underwater and became unresponsive. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.