QUEEN CREEK, AZ — A 3-year-old boy has died after being pulled from a backyard pool on Monday, December 30. According to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to a home near Sossaman and Riggs roads just after noon.
MCSO says the boy was pulled from the pool by a family member. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Officials announced the boy did not survive and died on January 7.
Details on how long the child was underwater, if the pool had a fence and how the child got into the pool were not released.
