7-year-old boy air lifted to hospital after being pulled from a Queen Creek pool

PHOENIX — A seven-year-old boy was air lifted to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was pulled from a pool in Queen Creek.

Queen Creek Police Department say they responded to a reported drowning Sunday afternoon, near East Carriage Way and South Mesquite Drive, off South Ellsworth Road.

When officers arrived, the boy had already been pulled from the pool.

He was taken by helicopter to a local hospital, with injuries described as “life-threatening” by QCPD as of 9:30 PM.

The incident is under investigation.

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