2-year-old Santa Ana boy pronounced dead after being found unresponsive in neighbor's swimming pool

Saturday, December 5, 2020
SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- A 2-year-old Santa Ana boy was pronounced dead Thursday after being found unresponsive in a neighbor's swimming pool, authorities said.

The incident was reported shortly before 1 p.m. at a home in the 2100 block of South Cedar Street, according to the Santa Ana Police Department.
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Investigators determined that the toddler had entered the neighbor's yard by climbing over toys and other items that were stacked against a block wall at the back of his family residence.

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After being found in the pool, the child was transported to Children's Hospital of Orange County where he was pronounced deceased, police said.
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A chaplain was summoned to the hospital to assist the boy's grieving family.
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