A 14-month old girl nearly drowned in the backyard pool of a Menifee home Sept. 5, according to this news report by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The report states that the girl’s father, Scott Stevens, tried to perform CPR on the girl, who had reportedly lost consciousness and turned…
Jhovan Peralta, 4, drowned over the Labor Day weekend at a Chula Vista Lagoon Style swimming pool, according to a 10news report. Jhovan was reportedly found unconscious in the swimming pool at East Lake Beach Club on Lakeridge Circle. Paramedics took the boy to an area hospital, where he died.…
The father of an autistic 5-year-old girl, who drowned in an after-school program for special needs children in Desert Hot Springs, has filed a lawsuit against Angel View Crippled Children’s Center demanding answers and accountability in his daughter’s swimming pool accident death, according to this news report. Anyah Raven Glossinger…
A 67-year-old man and his grandson drowned in a Selma swimming pool accident, according to an ABC News report. The drowning occurred at the McCall Village mobile home park on Dinuba near McCall. Police said the boy was swimming with both of his grandparents when his grandmother left for a…
A 7-year-old boy participating in a Altadena day camp program nearly drowned in the John Muir High School pool on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 according to a report in the Pasadena Star News. The day campers were spending the day at the high school’s pool when a lifeguard spotted the…
Emilio Morales, a 3-year-old boy drowned in a recent swimming pool accident at a southwest Houston apartment complex, according to a news report in The Houston Chronicle. The Missouri City boy and his family were reported to have been with friends at the apartments in the 2800 block of Rolido…
An 18-month-old toddler, Bentley Colwell, drowned in a tragic Fresno swimming pool accident at his grandfather’s house in a Fig Garden neighborhood on the 600 block of East Saginaw Way, recently, according to an article in The Fresno Bee. Bentley is believed to have fallen or jumped unnoticed, into the…
With temperatures soon warming up throughout the country, pools and spas are going to see a lot of use again. A timely article posted on the consumeraffairs.com Web site sadly serves to remind us of the dangers this seasonal activity typically brings with it. The number of pool and spa-related…
Swimming pool accidents are a common occurrence in California. In fact, in California and here in Orange County, it is the most common cause of death among children younger than 5 years of age. Most of it happens in backyard pools when an adult who is supposed to be watching…
It was a crowded pool at a birthday party in a Villa Park home. It was a perfect day for a party – warm and sunny. There were plenty of kids in the pool and even more adults standing around the pool watching them. But not one of those kids…