QUEEN CREEK, AZ — A 3-year-old boy is in critical condition after being pulled from a backyard pool on Monday. According to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to a home near Sossaman and Riggs roads just after noon.
MCSO says the boy was pulled from the pool by a family member. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Details on how long the child was underwater, if the pool has a fence and how the child got into the pool are unknown at this time.
MCSO will continue to investigate this incident.
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