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7-Year-Old NYC Girl Found Unconscious in Hotel Pool on Long Island

Katlyn Pineda, at the Bronx, was found unconscious in the Marriott in Melville Thursday afternoon; she was taken to a Queens hospital in critical condition

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A 7-year-old New York City girl was found unconscious in a Long Island hotel pool Thursday, though the circumstances around the incident aren't yet clear.

Suffolk County police say a family member discovered Katlyn Pineda in the pool at the Marriott on Walt Whitman Road in Melville around 4:50 p.m.

The child, whose residence is in the Bronx, was taken to Plainview Hospital in critical condition, then transferred to Cohen Children's Medical Center in Queens.

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No update on her condition was immediately available early Friday.

Suffolk Police say their investigation is ongoing.

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