The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office reports that a one-year old baby drowned in rural Leighton Sunday.

According to a release issued this morning, members of the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office and Mahaska Health Partnership Ambulance were dispatched to 2292 Adams Avenue at approximately 3 p.m. for a call of a possible drowning victim.

Family members had started CPR prior to emergency crews arriving. Deputies and EMTs continued those efforts en route to the Mahaska Health Partnership Hospital, where the baby was declared deceased.

A preliminary investigation indicates the one year old died from accidental drowning in a farm pond. An autopsy has been scheduled with the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny.