PHOENIX — Phoenix police say an 11-year-old girl remains in critical condition after an “extremely tragic accident” in a backyard pool on Sunday afternoon.
Officials were called to a home in the area of 15th Avenue and Osborn Road just after 3 p.m. where they found the girl was unconscious and not breathing.
Detectives learned that the child was playing a volleyball game in the pool with others when someone noticed she was submerged underwater. A family member jumped in to help and found her hair was caught on a pool fixture underneath the water.
Other adults helped get the child loose from the fixture before removing her from the water and performing CPR.
She was taken to a hospital where she remains in critical condition.
Police say the child is said to be a “strong swimmer” and it was an accident with no foul play suspected.
This is the 29th media-reported water-related incident involving children in the Valley this year.
