Woman dies in hospital after being pulled from pool in Brampton
Peel police say a woman pulled from a pool at a Brampton home on Wednesday afternoon has died in hospital.
Police say that they were called to the address on Lime Ridge Drive near Dixie Road and Queen Street just after 3 p.m. for reports of an adult woman who had been found in a pool.
She was rushed to hospital but died a short time later, officers confirmed.
Police say the woman's cause of death is still under investigation.
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