KIRBYVILLE -- A police officer and paramedics performed CPR on a toddler, but were unable to revive him after the child was found in a swimming pool in Kirbyville.

Jasper County Justice of the Peace Becky Cleveland told KFDM News relatives found the 20-month-old boy in an above ground pool at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday at a home on Third Street in Kirbyville.  

A Kirbyville Police officer performed CPR, and the child was put in a private vehicle where the officer continued trying to resuscitate him during a drive to a waiting ambulance off Highway 96 in Roganville, said Cleveland. The child was transferred to the ambulance where paramedics took over CPR while transporting him to Jasper Memorial Hospital.

The boy was pronounced dead at 8:38 p.m.

Cleveland said the child's parents live in north Texas in Lewisville and were visiting relatives in Kirbyville.

She has ordered an autopsy and said the drowning appears to be accidental.