SHAWNEE COUNTY – A child hospitalized in critical condition after an a near drowning at motel pool on Saturday has died, according to Topeka police.

First responders were dispatched to 605 Southwest Fairlawn in Topeka for report of a girl identified on Monday  as 7-year-old Kenya Jones was pulled from a swimming pool unresponsive, according to a media release.

Patrons of the pool began to perform life saving measures until emergency medical crews arrived.  She was transported to a local hospital.

In May of 2013, a 12-year-old boy from Fort Riley died after he was pulled from the same hotel pool.