GLENDALE, Ariz — A toddler has died from drowning complications after he was pulled from a Glendale pool last week.
The toddler was rushed to a hospital on Aug. 17 after nearly drowning at a Glendale pool. Glendale Police said on Aug. 24, the boy took a turn for the worse and died in the hospital.
Firefighters got calls from a home near 59th Avenue and Mountain View Road around 6:15 p.m. The boy, who was about 18 months old, was found in a pool and his parents started performing CPR.
Police said the boy was in the family’s living room when he went missing and somehow ended up in the pool.
Firefighters said the pool had a fence, and investigators are trying to figure out how the boy managed to enter the area.
In a separate incident involving a child, a 3-year-old girl died last week after being pulled out of a pool the night before.
Here are some water safety tips firefighters share to help prevent child drownings:
- Have an adult there to have supervision all the time.
- Have a barrier around your pool
- Make sure that all the doors are closed to the house, do not have access to pools for infants or young children.
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