Toddler drowns in backyard pool in Port Stephens

About 6.40pm Sunday police were called to a home on Marsh Road, Bobs Farm, after a 19-month-old boy was found unconscious in a swimming pool. 

NSW Ambulance paramedics attended and performed CPR, however, he could not be saved.

A crime scene was established and officers from Port Stephens Police District will investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Initial investigations suggest there were no suspicious circumstances involved.