Rescuers were unable to resuscitate a woman who was found unconscious in her pool by her husband Thursday afternoon, according to the Tempe Police Department.
Police and firefighters responded to the home in the 1400 block of East Colt after receiving a call that the woman had drowned, Tempe police spokeswoman Molly Enright said.
Firefighters were unsuccessful in resuscitating the woman, according to Enright.
Detectives are investigating the incident, she added.
Authorities have identified a man who died after a car went into an irrigation canal Friday morning in Avondale.
The 911 call came in around 3:15 a.m. when someone spotted the small passenger car already in the canal on the southwest corner of 99th Avenue and Thomas Road, said Detective Reuben Gonzales with Avondale police.
Phoenix and Avondale police and fire departments responded to the scene.
Crews attempted to rescue Derek Limon, 27, who was trapped in the vehicle.
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Officer Chris Hegstrom said a witness saw Limon’s car brake just south of Thomas Road and the car go into the canal and flip over.
The canal is reportedly seven feet deep.
Hegstrom said no drugs or alcohol were found in the car and the cause of death will be determined pending the results of a toxicology report from the Medical Examiner’s Office. No foul play is expected.
A 3-year-old boy was found at the bottom of the pool Friday, at the Embassy Suites located at 2630 E. Camelback.
He was pulled from the water, and the boy’s father and another individual administered CPR. Two hotel employees also helped.
The child started crying and breathing again on his own. Paramedics rushed him to a nearby hospital.
It’s not clear how long he was submerged or how he ended up in the pool. He is expected to be ok.
A four-year-old boy nearly drowned in a backyard swimming pool on Tucson’s southwest side Sunday evening.
Initial reports were that the boy was in an inflatable inner tube and slipped under the water and was found at the bottom of the pool at the home in the 6700 block of South Villa Molina de Viento, said Tracy Koslowski, a spokeswoman for Drexel Heights Fire District.
The boy was taken to the hospital, but his current condition is unknown, she said.
Koslowski says it’s important to remember that pool toys are not meant to be life-saving devices.
“Inflatable water wings and inner tubes are not a good layer of protection for young kids that are not strong swimmers,” she said. “A life jacket definitely would have made a difference with this child.”
A group of Queen Creek boys put their Boy Scout training to use when one of their own suffered a seizure in a family swimming pool and nearly drowned.
Just a few days after Warren McGregor, 12, of Troop 303, had finished brushing up on his cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills in preparation for teaching a group of younger scouts, the boys returned from a campout in the mountains and decided to go swimming in the McGregor’s pool. It was a Saturday like many others and the Scouts, aged 10 to 13, were all experienced swimmers.
As Warren crossed the pool , he noticed his friend, David Lee, 13, face down at the bottom of the pool. Warren dove down and turned David over.
“I noticed (David) was not moving, his eyes were staring right through me and his lips were a dark shade of blue,” Warren said. “The first thing I thought was that he was dead. I pulled him to the side of the pool and started doing CPR on him. I didn’t want to lose my friend.”
Several other Scouts helped Warren pull David out of the pool. Soon after Warren started to administer CPR to David, he started coughing up water and breathing, heavily at first. By then, the Queen Creek and Gilbert fire departments’ paramedics had arrived in response to the 911 call placed by Warren’s mother Kelly.
The paramedics took David to Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa, where it was determined he was fine, Elizabeth Lee, David’s mother, said.
At last week’s Town Council meeting, Queen Creek Mayor Gail Barney recognized Warren McGregor, and fellow Scouts Kyle “Chaz” Welch, Dylan Lambert and Jayden Meeks, who also helped with the rescue, as Queen Creek Heroes for their quick action in the April 21 incident.
David had suffered a seizure in the swimming pool, Elizabeth Lee said.
A person experiencing a seizure is unable to control his body, said Dr. Gary Smith, administrative medical director for the Queen Creek Fire Department.
Elizabeth Lee said David had his first seizure in February and underwent a battery of neurological tests afterward. The test results were normal.
“It looked like a one-time event … No one expected this,” Elizabeth Lee said.
The quick action of Warren and the other Scouts saved David’s life, Smith said. In a matter of seconds, David could have inhaled water and drowned.
“These boys are heroes in my mind,” Smith said.
Warren said he learned when faced with an emergency, “you don’t have time to look (the information) up – it’s instinct. I was lucky enough to have my Dad as a scoutmaster to train me.”
David said the event taught him to pay more attention to what he was learning in Scouts.
A year ago, the boys had all earned their First Aid Merit Badge, which included CPR, but only Warren had chosen to brush up on the skills to teach other Scouts. And Warren was the only boy to swim to the other end of the pool where David was found.
“A series of miracles were in place to save David,” Kelly said.
Warren’s father, Wade, said scouting is as relevant today as it has always been.
“Being prepared is the Scout motto,” he said.
“Scouting teaches boys to think for themselves and gives them the skills to understand what needs to be done.”
The life of a 3-year-old boy who was found floating in a back yard pool was saved thanks to CPR early Sunday evening.
Maricopa Fire Crews had responded to an initial report of a child drowning at a children’s birthday party. They arrived to find the boy awake and crying, having been pulled from a back yard pool.
The child had been found floating and not breathing, according to witnesses. After 911 was called, CPR was immediately performed by adults at the scene and the boy regained consciousness before fire crews arrived.
Brad Pitassi of the Maricopa Fire Department said 2011 was one of the worst years in history for drownings in the Phoenix area, and incidents can be reduced by practicing water safety ABC’s: “A” for adult supervision, “B” for barriers, and “C” for classes such as swimming and CPR.
The record heat here in the valley means people will be flocking to the rivers and lakes across our state, which are great for recreation, but it also opens the door to the dangers of drowning.
MARICOPA, Ariz. – Authorities have identified two boys who drowned in a canal in Pinal County Sunday afternoon.
Pinal County sheriff’s spokesman Elias Johnson said three brothers, 6-year-old Calib Ontario Love, 10-year-old Anthony Michael Love and 10-year-old Emmanuel Stower, were walking near Century and Amarillo Valley roads in Maricopa when Calib somehow ended up in the canal.
His two brothers jumped in to save him and only Emmanuel was able to get back out of the water.
He reportedly ran to a neighbor’s house and told them what happened.
Johnson said the bodies of Calib and Anthony were found very close to where they went into the water.
Anthony would have turned 11 on Tuesday, Johnson said.
MARICOPA, Ariz. – Pinal County Sheriff officials have released the names of two boys who drowned in a canal New Year’s Day.
Calib Love, 6, and Anthony Love, 10 both drowned in the C-Pack canal south of Maricopa.
Investigators say Calib, who’s autistic, was walking with his two brothers when he fell into the canal.
Anthony and his brother Emmanuel Stower, also 10, both jumped into the canal in an attempt to save him.
Emmanuel was the only boy to get out of the canal and try to get help.
The tragedy has left the neighborhood in shock.
“Couldn’t believe it, I could not believe it,” said Anne Mataalii. “I can imagine how that mother must feel.”
The canal is located on private property. No Trespassing signs are posted all over the canal.
Despite those signs, neighbors tell us that kids always hang out at the canal.
“Was there a parent with them, with the children, and there wasn’t, so how are you going to control them,” asked neighbor Bruce Jaynes. “They were there of their own free will and there was no one there to control them, so that’s what you’re looking at, and this is the end result, is the drowning.”
A friend of the boys’ family released a statement that read in part:
The Love Family has suffered a great tragedy this holiday weekend. They are deeply grieving as any family would after losing two of their precious children. All of their friends and family are coming together and requesting privacy in their time of need.
A northwest Arizona foster parent has been charged in the drowning death of an infant she was caring for last year.
Elizabeth Dawn Stone, 30, was indicted on a manslaughter charge in the Sept. 25 death of 8-month-old David Whatahomigie.
The boy had been under the foster care of Stone and her fiance for about three months before he accidentally drowned. Whatahomigie was taking a bath with a 3-year-old child when Stone left them unattended for three to five minutes, according to reports.
The baby was pulled from the water and rushed to Kingman Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. The reports indicated that Stone had cared for some 50 foster kids without incident over a six-year period.
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office investigated the accidental drowning in the community of Valle Vista, about 15 miles north of Kingman. Reports indicate the infant, who suffered symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome, had been placed in foster care by Hualapai Tribal social service workers.
