An 80-year-old woman was recently taken to the hospital after she drowned on Monday evening, in a swimming pool. She is currently in critical condition. 

The drowning took place, Captain Kenny Overton, Phoenix Fire Department spokesman said, at a residence in a Phoenix's Ahwatukee neighborhood, specifically "near Elliot Road and 44th Street.

Overton added, bystanders, pulled the 80-year-old from the pool "and performed CPR." Meanwhile, the person who contacted 911 to report the woman's drowning did not know how long the victim had been drowned.

Following the incident, firefighters had arrived and took the old lady in critical condition was taken to the hospital. No further details were provided.

Nearly Drowned on Memorial Day

Before the news about the 80-year-old woman's drowning came out, earlier on, according to officials, a 60-year-old man, also in critical condition, on Memorial Day, was brought to the hospital after also possibly drowning in Phoenix.

Authorities, on Monday afternoon, responded to a phone call in the area of Thunderbird Road and 43rd Avenue. Overton said, the senior was brought to the hospital and is also in critical condition.

Presently, Sgt. Maggie Cox, the Phoenix Police Department spokeswoman said, there is no further information available to specify if a suspicious circumstance or foul play is related to the occurrence. An investigation is currently ongoing.

Early April Incident

In early April, firefighters also rescued an 85-year-old man who was already unresponsive when pulled out of a backyard pool Tuesday morning at a home, also in Phoenix.

According to Phoenix Fire Department spokesperson Capt. Rob McDade, crews of the department responded to a residence near West Beryl Avenue and West Dalphin Road after they received reports of an unresponsive resident.

Right after the incident, the 85-year-old who was already in critical condition, McDade said, was taken to the hospital.

Kids are prone to drowning, too, and this was proven in a review that came out several years back. Specifically, the Arizona Child Fatality Review program, in 2014, indicated that drowning turned out to be the third most typical cause of accidental injury-related fatalities. 

More so, the same review identified that during that year, more than 25 children died because of accidental drowning. Relatively, the group, most likely to have the highest risk or biggest possibility of drowning, belongs to children aged one to four.

According to the AZ Child Fatality Review, the sad age range accounts for 58 percent of the drowning mortalities specifically in the year 2014.

That is why the said fatality review came up with some recommendations which the organization found were "effective interventions" to avoid accidental drowning.

These included focused supervision, self-latching gate or a "four-sided isolation fencing with self-closing," and the child's ability to swing by the time he or she reaches eight years old, according to the National Safe Kids Campaign.

Also, the study suggested that water safety is not just essential by the pool. Accidental drowning at home may happen too when kids, and even the elderly, are not closely watched while they are bathing or inside the bathroom, near the toilet, bath, or sink.

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