Boy in critical condition

By Alesha Capone

A four-year-old boy is in a critical condition at the Royal Children’s Hospital, after getting into trouble in a swimming pool in Werribee this morning.

An Ambulance Victoria spokesman said paramedics responded to a call about a boy struggling in water around 9.30am.

The unconscious child was taken to the Royal Children’s Hospital in a serious condition.

A spokeswoman for the hospital confirmed this afternoon that the boy was now in a critical condition.