Girl, 4, drowns in Gurnee hotel pool

Friday, August 21, 2015
GURNEE, Ill. (WLS) -- A 4-year-old girl died after she was found unresponsive at a hotel pool in north suburban Gurnee.

Firefighters responded to the Holiday Inn in the 6100-block of West Grand Avenue near the Tri-State Tollway just after 8:50 p.m. Thursday.

Rihanna Alegria was pulled from the water and given CPR, but did not respond. She was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center, where she was later pronounced dead.
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The coroner ruled her death a drowning. Investigators are looking into what happened.
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