A woman and a child have died after they were found unresponsive in a pool at their Brampton home Saturday night.
Peel Region Paramedics responded to a call on Hilson Court, in the area of Countryside Drive and Airport Road just after 8:15 p.m.
When they arrived they found the pair, a woman and a 5-year-old, without vital signs. The pair were pulled from the pool and rushed to hospital.
Sunday morning Peel Police Const Akhil Mooken confirmed to NEWSTALK1010 that the pair had been pronounced deceased in hospital and that the investigation is ongoing.
"Our officers are still on scene as part of the investigation and will be for a little bit of time."
The names of the two victims have not been been released.
Postmortems will be performed to determine the cause of death.