Crime & Safety
6-Year-Old Girl Dies After Hospitalization in Swimming Pool Drowning Accident
Drowning is the ninth preventable death in Orange County so far this year.
A 6-year-old girl who was hospitalized after being found at the bottom of a swimming pool of a home in Mission Viejo has died, the Orange County Fire Authority announced Tuesday.
The girl and her 4-year-old sister was left by their father in a pool June 1 and when he returned, the older girl was at the bottom, according to Capt. Steve Concialdi of the Orange County Fire Authority.
The older girl was taken to a hospital. The 4-year-old was unharmed.
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The drowning was the ninth of the year in Orange County this year, all of which were preventable, Concialdi said.
Another 11 people were rescued before they drowned, Concialdi said.
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