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10-month-old in critical condition after drowning incident in East Valley

Aug 9, 2021, 10:15 AM

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PHOENIX — A 10-month-old boy in the East Valley was hospitalized Sunday evening following a drowning incident, authorities said.

Mesa police responded to the call near Elliot and Signal Butte roads around 7:30 p.m.

The child was taken to a pediatric hospital in extremely critical condition, police said.

It was the third drowning incident on Sunday following a 3-year-old girl in Mesa who died after being taken to the hospital in critical condition and a young boy who was taken to the hospital in critical condition in Phoenix.

No additional information was made available.

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10-month-old in critical condition after drowning incident in East Valley