A 5-year-old boy is in critical condition after being pulled from the Connecticut River in Haddam Saturday afternoon.
Emergency crews responded to the report of an accident involving a kayak on the river around 3:15 p.m. near Depot Hill Road, according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
The 5-year-old and a man ended up in the water, DEEP said.
The child was first taken to Middlesex Hospital before being transferred to Connecticut Children's in Hartford in critical condition.
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The man refused medical attention.
There were no other details immediately available.
