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Officials: South Carolina toddler died after falling into home’s septic tank

CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. — A toddler has died after he fell into a septic tank while visiting family friends in South Carolina with his family.

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WYFF says the two-year-old, later identified as Hawkins Dusty Abercrombie from New York, died at the hospital.

The Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler told WYFF that the family was visiting friends when the incident occurred. His mother noticed while they were there that he was missing. She went looking for him around the home and she noticed that the lid of the septic tank was upside down. Other people at the home assisted her in removing the lid and found a pacifier floating in the tank.

The boy’s body was found under the water in the septic tank, according to WSPA. The investigation is ongoing.