A Phoenix toddler was pulled out dead from a backyard pool on Saturday just hours after a similar incident involving a 1-year-old boy.
The 2-year-old girl was not breathing and unresponsive when found in the backyard pool of a home near 35th Avenue and Deer Valley Road at around 4:30 p.m.
First responders administered CPR to the girl who was then transported to the hospital in critical condition before she passed away.
It is believed the girl was in the pool for about 10 minutes before she was discovered.
“This is the second child that has passed away today,” Phoenix Fire Capt. Todd Keller said.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with everybody that’s involved.”
About three hours earlier, firefighters were called to a home near Thomas Road and 55th Avenue over a 1-year-old boy found not breathing in a backyard above-ground hot tub.
The boy later died at the hospital. It remains unclear for how long he had been in the tub.
