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2-year-old girl hospitalized after being pulled from pool in Glendale

A 2-year-old girl was hospitalized after being pulled out of a backyard pool in Glendale on Saturday afternoon, authorities said. 

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PHOENIX — A 2-year-old girl was hospitalized after being pulled out of a backyard pool in Glendale on Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

According to the Glendale Police Department, officers and the Glendale Fire Department responded to a call near 67th Avenue and West Bethany Home Road just before 2:40 p.m.

Police said the whereabouts of the girl were unknown to the mother for around 10 minutes when she found her in the pool.

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Life-saving efforts were made by residents at the home and first responders. The girl was taken to a hospital where she is in critical condition, according to ABC15.

No other information was made available.

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Bailey Leasure KTAR.com editor

Bailey Leasure is a web content editor for ArizonaSports.com and KTAR.com and works as an on-call producer and board operator for Arizona Sports 98.7 FM and KTAR News 92.3 FM. A native of Chandler, Arizona, Bailey is a passionate sports fan and rock… Read more

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