Toddler drowns in Johnston pool

A 15-month-old girl drowned Monday afternoon in a pool in the Archer Lodge area of Johnston County, authorities said.

Deputies and paramedics were called to 5465 Applewhite Road shortly after 2:30 p.m. because the girl was unresponsive, authorities said.

Rebecca Gale Creech, of Kenly, was taken to WakeMed in Raleigh, where she died about two hours later.