Children's Safety Zone

A 3-year-old boy was pronounced dead after being pulled from a backyard pool in San Tan Valley Monday night.The boy, Jaxon Payne, was swimming with his sister and her friend as the parents were talking to friends in the backyard of their home on the 39000 block of North Foxtail Lane, near Ocotillo and Schnepf Farms roads, according to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office.The parents had their gate open so they could watch the children in the pool. The father, Tomasi Payne, went to check on his children and found his son face down in the pool, authorities said. Payne pulled his son from the pool and called 911 at about 7:30 p.m.When deputies arrived, the father was attempting to resuscitate his son, according to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office.Firefighters and paramedics attempted to revive Jaxon. The child was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police say a 6-month-old Phoenix boy left alone in a bathtub remains in critical condition Thursday night.

Itwas earlier reported that the child had died, but at 8 p.m. PhoenixPolice Sgt. Tommy Thompson said the child was still alive.

PhoenixFire Department spokesman Jonathan Jacobs said the infant was leftin the bathtub with the water running for up to five minutes while hismother left the room to check her e-mail.

Thompson said thechild likes to play in the water with the drain open, but somehow thedrain stopper apparently activated and the tub filled with water. Hesaid the child was found under water.

When the boy’s mother returned she reportedly grabbed her son and ran outside crying “my baby drowned.”

Jacobs said there were two workers doing renovations nearby and one of them performed CPR on the child.

“Shewas shaking and screaming,” said Jose Salgado, the worker who assistedthe boy. “I said, ‘Give me the baby.’ I’m still shaking. You don’t getused to a baby drowning.”

The child was not breathing whenfirefighters arrived at the apartment complex near 7th Street andGreenway Parkway around 1:30 p.m.

The boy was transported to Phoenix Children’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Connie Treni, who lives downstairs from the family, said the boy always appeared to be well cared for.

“Very cute, happy little baby,” she said. “He never appeared to be neglected.”

Jacobs said the incident was a preventable tragedy.

“Anythingcan look really simple from the outside,” he said. “They are horribleaccidents that are unforgiving and where you don’t have a lot of time.”

It is unclear if the woman will faces charges.

A 1-year-old Phoenix girl nearly drowned in a bucket of water and bleach Friday morning, authorities said.

The girl apparently fell into the mopping bucket of chlorine bleach mixed with water about 10:45 a.m., Phoenix Fire Capt. Scott Walker said. The bucket was on the patio of the mother’s apartment, near Indian School Road and 69th Drive.

The mother apparently found the girl and pulled her out. It was unknown how long she was submerged in the mixture or what the mother was doing at the time she fell in.

A neighbor went over after hearing yelling and gave the girl CPR. The neighbor’s daughter called 911. The neighbor told fire officials that the girl’s lips were blue and she was not making a sound when she got there.

Fire crews arrived in less than a minute and the girl was awake and crying, Walker said. She was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center to be treated.

Walker said hospital officials said the girl was expected to survive. However, if she happened to have ingested the bleach she could have some damage to her mouth, throat or lungs, Walker said.