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Arizona drowning: Authorities say 3-year-old girl likely drowned in Tucson family pool

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Feb 072013
 

TUCSON, AZ – Authorities say a 3-three-year girl has died from an apparent drowning after being found in a Tucson family pool.

Northwest Fire District firefighters say the girl was located late Saturday and pulled from the backyard pool. Officials say the child was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Investigators say the girl, her mother and her father were at the home for a gathering. The girl was reportedly last seen around 15 minutes before being discovered in the pool.

Officials say pool did not have any fence or barriers around it.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is investigating.

via http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_central_southern_az/tucson/arizona-drowning-authorities-say-3-year-old-girl-likely-drowned-in-tucson-family-pool#ixzz2X

FD: Crews find man’s body in PHX canal

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Aug 212012
 

PHOENIX – Phoenix Fire crews have found the body of a man who fell into a Phoenix canal Wednesday night.

Phoenix Police spokesman James Holmes said officers received a call reporting a man had fallen into a canal near the 101 and McDowell.

Police said initial reports indicate the man had been drinking with a small group of  friends when he went into the canal and did not come out.

Authorities found the man’s body around 6:15 p.m. Air15 video showed crews pulling the body from the canal.

Police said they are treating this as an accidental drowning.

via http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/central_phoenix/fd-search-on-for-man-in-phx-canal#ixzz24DTW2gFF

Mesa police find man drowned in pool

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Aug 212012
 

Mesa police conducting a welfare check at a family’s request found a man in his 50s drowned in his backyard pool, police said Sunday.

The man’s family asked Mesa police to check on their relative because they had not heard from him, said Mesa Police Detective Steven Berry.

At about noon Sunday, police checked on the man’s house on the 4000 block of East Adobe Road in Mesa and found him dead in the pool, Berry said.

Berry did not have further details Sunday.

via http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/20120819mesa-police-man-drowned-pool.html

FD: Woman found dead in Ahwatukee pool

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Aug 212012
 

PHOENIX – Authorities say a woman was found dead in a pool in Ahwatukee Tuesday morning.

Fire crews were called to a home near Chandler Boulevard and 32nd Street around 6 a.m.

Phoenix Fire Department spokesman Jonathan Jacobs said the 46-year-old woman was found in the pool and pronounced deceased.

Police say it appears to be an accidental drowning and alcohol may have been a factor.

via http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/ahwatukee/fd-woman-found-dead-in-ahwatukee-pool

FD: 3-year-old nearly drowns in Cave Creek pool

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Aug 202012
 

CAVE CREEK, AZ – A 3-year-old boy was taken to the hospital Tuesday after falling into a backyard pool.

Fire officials said the child fell into the pool in a gated community near Cave Creek Road and the Carefree Highway.

It is unclear how the child ended up in the water. Firefighters said it appears the boy was under water for at least two minutes

Officials said the boy was breathing and crying on his way to the hospital.

via http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_northeast_valley/carefree/fd-3-year-old-nearly-drowns-in-cave-creek-pool#ixzz247n14lf3

PCSO says early morning drowning may have been suicide

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Aug 202012
 

TUCSON  (KGUN9 TV) – The Pima County Sheriff’s Department investigating a drowning on the northwest side now believe the victim, a 56-year old woman, may have taken her own life.

PCSO tells 9 On Your Side deputies responded to a home at Orange Grove and Camino de la Tierra at about 5:30 this morning. Detectives say a family members called 911 to report  a drowning.

When deputies arrived, they say they found the woman’s body in a swimming pool.

Deputies also tell 9 On Your Side, shortly after, they found a suicide note inside of the house. Deputies did not find evidence of foul play.

PCSO will stay at the scene until they complete their investigation.

via http://www.kgun9.com/news/local/166533426.html

PCSO identifies man found dead in canal near Maricopa

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Aug 202012
 

MARICOPA, AZ – A man’s body found in a rural irrigation canal west of the town of Maricopa last week has been identified.

Pinal County Sheriff’s officials announced Tuesday the body is that of 43-year-old Todd Kibler of Maricopa.

They say an employee with the Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation District discovered the body floating in the water near a canal gate Thursday.

Kibler’s family says he was last seen on Aug. 5 at a friend’s home in Maricopa.

They say he would often go to the irrigation canal to swim.

Kibler’s vehicle was discovered upstream about a quarter mile from where his body was found.

Authorities say Kibler likely went into the water on Sunday evening and drowned.

They say alcohol is believed to be a contributing factor, but the death is being investigated.

via http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_central_southern_az/maricopa/body-of-man-found-in-canal-near-maricopa-is-idd#ixzz249FJJhjX

Man drowns at Mud Cliffs at Salt River

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Aug 202012
 

MESA, AZ – Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that there is one drowning victim on the Salt River.

The incident occurred at the Mud Cliffs at Salt River around 3 p.m. Saturday.

Witnesses say that the victim 24-year-old John George of Chandler, was tubing on the river and was separated from his group.

He let go of his raft and attempted to swim up stream, but witnesses believe he went underneath the water as he got too tired to swim.

Deputies responding to the scene performed life saving measures until medical aid arrived.

He was pronounced dead on the scene.

According to Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, the man may have been underwater for up to four minutes before being rescued.

via http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_southeast_valley/mesa/mcso-one-drowns-at-mud-cliffs-at-salt-river#ixzz249FiqJ55

FD: 10-month-old girl found unconscious in bathtub

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Aug 202012
 

PHOENIX, AZ – A 10-month-old little girl is fighting for her life after investigators say she was found unconscious in a bathtub at her family’s home in the west Valley.

A spokesperson for the Phoenix Fire Department tells ABC15 the girl’s mother turned on the water in the tub to give her daughter and two-year-old son a bath.

Investigators say for reasons that remain unclear, the mother left her children unattended.

While she was away, firefighters claim her son put the stopper in causing the tub to begin filling with water.

“We can’t blame anybody, accidents happen,” said neighbor Christina Torres. “It’s sad to know. I can’t even talk, I’m still in shock over everything that’s happened.”

Investigators say the mother returned to the tub to find her daughter submerged in water.

Torres says the girl’s mom ran outside with her daughter looking for someone to help.

“She wanted somebody who knew how to do CPR,” said Torres. “She knew her child needed CPR and she didn’t know how to do it.”

Torres called 911 while another neighbor performed CPR.

Paramedics rushed the girl to the Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Her condition is unknown.

“She didn’t look good, not at all,” said Torres.

via http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/central_phoenix/fd-10-month-old-girl-found-unconscious-in-bathtub
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