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Three-year-old child rescued from park pond

News imageGoogle View of Pearson Park pond. It is curved and surrounded by pathways with a bandstand in the background.Google
The child was rescued from Pearson Park pond by a member of the public

A three-year-old child has been rescued from a pond in a Hull park by a passer-by.

Humberside Police said officers were called to Pearson Park by the ambulance service at 15:20 BST on Wednesday.

The force said the child was saved from the water by a member of the public.

The child was conscious and breathing when police arrived and was "taken to hospital as a precautionary measure", a spokesperson added.

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