Twin 3-year-old girls drown in Phoenix backyard pool
(Metro Creative Connection)
Twin girls drowned Thursday afternoon in a backyard pool in the 2800 block of South 65th Lane, Phoenix police said.
Officers and firefighters responded to the home about 3:30 p.m. May 2 to find two children being given CPR by family members after they were found in the backyard pool, according to police.
Phoenix Fire Department personnel took over lifesaving measures, and the girls, Valentina Ruiz and Penalapi Ruiz, 3, were were taken to a hospital. They did not survive, police said.
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Twin 3-year-old girls drown in Phoenix backyard pool
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Twin girls drowned Thursday afternoon in a backyard pool in the 2800 block of South 65th Lane, Phoenix police said.
Officers and firefighters responded to the home about 3:30 p.m. May 2 to find two children being given CPR by family members after they were found in the backyard pool, according to police.
Phoenix Fire Department personnel took over lifesaving measures, and the girls, Valentina Ruiz and Penalapi Ruiz, 3, were were taken to a hospital. They did not survive, police said.
Detectives took over the investigation and said the incident is consistent with an accidental drowning.
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