Officers rescued the child after it was reported that she had escaped from a nearby house
Police were called to the Thatto Heath area of St Helens just after 2pm on Saturday. Merseyside Police said the force had been called after the girl "managed to get out of a house nearby".
Officers arrived at the scene within minutes and pulled the child from a lake near to Shirebrook Close. They performed CPR on the child before paramedics and the Air Ambulance arrived.The force said the girl has been taken to Alder Hey Children's Hospital where she remains this afternoon. Merseyside Police said in a statement: "Police officers have rescued a three-year-old child who had fallen in to a lake in Thatto Heath this afternoon .
"Officers rescued the child from the lake near to Shirebrook Close at about 2.22pm after a report had been made at 2.11pm that a little girl had managed to get out of a house nearby. Officers performed CPR prior to the arrival of paramedics and the Air Ambulance. "The child has been take to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital where she is being treated and her family are with her."
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