Missing girl, two, in 'serious condition' after being found near pond

Girl, two, is seriously ill in hospital after being found in a village pond when she was reported missing from her home

  • The missing toddler vanished from her home in Hampshire on Sunday evening 
  • She was found in a pond close to her home 10 minutes after police were called

A missing two-year-old girl is in a serious condition after being found in a village pond near her home.

Hampshire police was called at 5.02pm on Sunday after the toddler was reported missing from her home in Forge Road, Kingsley, Bordon.

She was found 10 minutes later a few hundred feet away in Kingsley Pond and has been rushed to hospital in a serious condition, a police spokesman told MailOnline.

Officers are ‘making enquiries’ in the area to investigate the circumstances around this incident, a Hampshire police said in a statement. 

The toddler was found in Kingsley Pond (pictured) on Sunday evening and has been rushed to hospital in a serious condition 

The pond is a few hundred feet away from Forge Road where the girl was reported missing 

Last night a nearby car park was filled with about a dozen police cars as officers gathered to search for missing youngster, reported the BBC. 

The large pond is 574ft long and 236ft wide. It is about 330ft from the road where the toddler lives. 

Cordons placed around the body of water have since been lifted.

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