A boy has died after being pulled unconscious from a pool on the state’s mid north coast.
About 7:30pm (Friday 9 January 2026), emergency services were called to Bobs Farm following reports a four-year-old boy was unresponsive after being pulled from a pool.
Family members performed CPR until NSW Ambulance paramedics arrived and took over.
The boy was treated at the scene before being taken to John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition, where he later died.
Officers attached to Port Stephens/Hunter Police District attended and commenced inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
A report will be prepared for the coroner.