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Young girl dies after drowning in Valley swimming pool

May 7, 2023, 8:45 PM | Updated: 10:53 pm

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PHOENIX — A young girl was pronounced dead after she was found unresponsive in a swimming pool at a Phoenix home on Sunday, authorities said.

Officers responded to the area of 43rd Avenue and Dobbins Road before 4 p.m. to a drowning call, the Phoenix Police Department said in a press release.

Police located the young girl found by her family in the pool and rendered aid, authorities said.

Phoenix Fire Department personnel arrived, and the child was transported to a hospital.

Detectives responded to investigate what led to the drowning.

No other information was available.

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