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Child Airlifted After Possible Drowning at Holliston’s Stoddard Park

Emergency crews gave advanced life support on site before arranging a helicopter transfer to UMass Memorial Medical Center for urgent pediatric care.

Overview

  • The Holliston Fire Department said responders arrived just before 7 p.m. Sunday to Stoddard Park for reports of a possible drowning and began life‑saving treatment.
  • Firefighters provided advanced life support interventions on a pediatric patient and handed care to the UMass Memorial LifeFlight crew for air transport.
  • Officials reported the child was conscious when loaded into the helicopter and was flown to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester for further treatment.
  • The Millis Fire Department provided mutual aid at the scene for a second patient, but local officials have not released that person’s condition or other details.
  • Authorities have not published a cause for the incident and the situation remains under investigation; LifeFlight is commonly used for critical pediatric transfers when on‑scene care or transport time require rapid specialist care.