FORT MCDOWELL, AZ — A teenage boy is dead after his kayak capsized Friday afternoon at Butcher Jones Beach.
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says they were called around just after 4 p.m. Friday for a possible drowning.
When deputies arrived, witnesses told them a 16-year-old boy’s kayak had capsized.
Source: Teenage boy dead after kayak capsizes at Butcher Jones Beach
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Drowning prevention advocates are warning that the number of child drownings in the Phoenix area is on pace to reach record or near-record levels.
“This trend will be a horrific year if it goes on the way that it has this last month,” said Lori Stauffer, vice president of the Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona and works for Scottsdale Fire Department.
Source: Child drownings in Phoenix area on pace for ‘horrific’ year
RIO VERDE, AZ (AZFamily) — A trip to the lake has turned into a nightmare when a man drowned at Bartlett Lake on Sunday evening.
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said a man went underwater around 6:30 p.m. in the Bartlett Flats area, which is on the north side of the lake, and never resurfaced.
CHANDLER, Ariz. — A 2-year-old girl has been hospitalized after nearly drowning in a pool in Chandler, the city’s police and fire department confirmed Saturday.
Chandler fire says crews were called to the incident near Chandler Boulevard and Price Road and found the child conscious, breathing and alert. They say the child’s family had performed CPR on her after pulling her out of the pool before firefighters could get to the scene.
PHOENIX — A 4-year-old girl has died after being pulled from a pool near 43rd Avenue and Camelback Road Thursday evening.
The Glendale Fire Department says around 7:30 p.m. Thursday police received a call of a 4-year-old girl who had fallen into a pool at a home in that area.
Source: Four-year-old girl dead after being pulled from pool near 43rd Avenue and Camelback Road
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — A 1-year-old boy was taken to a hospital in serious condition after being found in a pool in Scottsdale Friday night.
Scottsdale fire crews were called to the area of 94th Street and Cactus Road just after 6:30 p.m. after the boy had been pulled from a pool.
Source: 1-year-old boy hospitalized in serious condition after being found in pool
PHOENIX, AZ — A 2-year-old boy has died after being pulled from a pool in Phoenix Wednesday night.
The boy was found unconscious and not breathing in a backyard pool near 75th Avenue and Indian School Road. He was taken to a hospital in extremely critical condition where he later died, officials say.
Source: 2-year-old dead after being pulled from Phoenix pool
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.
Source: Child in critical condition after getting hair stuck in underwater pool fixture, Phoenix police say
46-year-old Richard Myers was up at Bartlett Lake with friends when he went missing. Police later found him dead in the water. Here’s what police say happened.
The child was awake and crying while being transported to the hospital and is in serious condition but is stable, officials said.
Source: 4-year-old rushed to hospital after being pulled from apartment pool
