Water Related Incident Stories Archives - Page 44 of 88

Dive teams found the body of a 16-year-old boy in Lake Pleasant early Tuesday morning after he reportedly went under water while swimming and did not resurface.
The incident began late Monday morning when a group of four teens in Coles Bay tried to swim out to an island about 200 yards away, according to Deputy Joaquin Enriquez, a sheriff’s spokesman.
One teen shouted that he was in trouble but some of the others thought he was joking until he disappeared under water and did not resurface, Enriquez said.

via Crews recover teen drowning victim at Lake Pleasant.

PHOENIX – A 4-year-old girl was taken to the hospital in serious condition after being pulled from a pool in West Phoenix Sunday afternoon.
Phoenix Fire Capt. Aaron Ernsberger said the girl was found at the bottom of a community pool near 75th Avenue and McDowell Road.

via FD: Girl pulled from pool in serious condition – ABC15 Arizona.

TUCSON- Tucson Fire Department medics have transported a two year old boy to the hospital after a near drowning on the southside.
It happened in the 100 block of West Calle Garcia, near Bilby Road and 6th Avenue just before 8 p.m. on Sunday.
The two-year-old suffered life threatening injuries after getting pulled out of a pool.

via Boy nearly drowns on southside – KVOA | KVOA.com | Tucson, Arizona.

PEORIA, AZ – Maricopa County authorities are working to recover the body of a teen who went under the water at Lake Pleasant Monday and did not resurface.
Deputy Joaquin Enriquez said the 16-year-old boy was swimming with three friends when the incident happened.
The group was reportedly trying to swim from the shore to an island about 200 yards out in the area of Coles Bay.

via MCSO working body recovery mission at Lake Pleasant after teen reportedly drowns – ABC15 Arizona.

PHOENIX – A teenage boy was taken to the hospital in critical condition after an incident at a Phoenix pool Thursday.
Phoenix Fire said the boy was rescued by a lifeguard at Cortez Pool around 3 p.m. near 35th and Dunlap avenues.

via Phoenix Fire: Teen boy in critical condition after incident at Cortez pool – ABC15 Arizona.

Damien Serrahn was so good-humored and fun that friends said they initially thought he was joking around.
The 16-year-old and his friends went Monday to Lake Pleasant to beat the heat. The group was in Coles Bay, a hard-to-reach area on the lake’s northern side, when they decided to swim out to an island about 200 yards away.

via Friends remember teen who drowned at Lake Pleasant.

GILBERT, AZ – A Gilbert fire official says bystanders performed CPR on a young boy pulled from a community pool by his cousin, reviving the child by the time firefighters arrived.

via Gilbert FD: 6-year-old pulled from pool, revived by CPR from bystanders – ABC15 Arizona.

MESA, AZ – A 2 1/2-year-old boy was taken to the hospital in critical condition after he nearly drowned at a Mesa home Friday afternoon.
Mesa Fire Department officials said the boy was in the water for about four minutes at the time paramedics responded to the call, near 40th Street and Brown Road.

via Mesa Fire: Toddler in critical condition after near-drowning – ABC15 Arizona.

Fire crews from Phoenix and Glendale took a toddler to the hospital Saturday after the child was found in a family pool.
Capt. Benjamin Santillan said crews responded at 12:40 p.m. to a home in the 39th Avenue and Cactus Road.

via Child almost drowns in Phoenix pool.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – A 4-year-old boy is recovering after being pulled from a Scottsdale pool Sunday.
The incident happened around noon at a house near Shea and North Palisades boulevards.

via FD: 4-year-old boy pulled from Scottsdale pool – ABC15 Arizona.