On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 2:30 p.m., Beaumont Police, Fire & EMS responded to The Event Centre Lake, located at 700 Crockett Street in reference to a possible drowning. When first responders arrived, they recovered the mother of the child from the lake, began life-saving efforts and transported her to a local hospital. Beaumont Fire Rescue Dive team arrived on scene a short time later and recovered the 3 year old child from the lake. First responders began life-saving efforts on the child and transported him to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased. At this time the mother has been listed in critical but stable condition in ICU. The investigation is on-going.
