NewsLocal News

Actions

3-year-old dead after being pulled from west Phoenix pool

pool-water-AP
Posted
and last updated

PHOENIX — A 3-year-old has died after being pulled from a Phoenix pool Friday night.

Fire officials say crews were called to the area of 83rd Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road around 7:20 p.m. after a child had been found unconscious in a backyard pool.

Officials say the child was submerged in the water for an unknown amount of time before being pulled out.

The child was taken to a hospital in extremely critical condition where they later died, police say.

This incident is under investigation.