Holtsville (New York), Sep 8 (AP) Two young sisters apparently drowned in a pond near their Long Island apartment complex, authorities said.

A family member called police Saturday afternoon to report that the girls, ages 2 and 4, had gone missing. Officers and locals searched the girls' apartment complex in Holtsville and found them unresponsive in a nearby pond shortly before 3:30 pm, police said.

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Lifesaving measures were performed and the girls were brought to a hospital, where they were pronounced dead, officials said.

Suffolk County homicide detectives are investigating the deaths. Authorities did not provide additional details.

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Holtsville is about 50 miles (80 kilometres) east of Manhattan. (AP)

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