2-year-old girl dies at hospital after being pulled from pool in Tempe

PHOENIX — A 2-year-old girl died in the hospital after she was pulled out of a backyard pool in Tempe on Monday morning, authorities said.

According to the Tempe Police Department, both officers and the Tempe Fire Department responded to a home near Rural and Carver roads just before 11 a.m.

Police said that it was the girl’s parents who found her in the pool.

She was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition and later died.

The investigation into the fatal incident is ongoing.

KTAR News and Fulton Homes want to remind you that two seconds is too long to take your eyes off kids near water. To learn more about this campaign, visit the 2 Seconds is Too Long website.

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