Boy nearly drowns in Tucson resort swimming pool

A 10-year-old boy was taken to a local hospital this eveningafter he nearly drowned in swimming pool at the Omni TucsonNational Resort on the northwest side, authorities said.

Authorities were called to the resort, near North Shannon and WestMagee roads, after receiving a report of a boy falling into thepool, said Deputy Jason Ogan, a Pima County Sheriff’s Departmentspokesman.

The boy was alert and breathing when he was taken to the hospital,Ogan said.