Toddler Unlatches Door, Drowns
A 23-month-old boy drowned in a back-yard swimming pool Sunday evening after apparently opening the latch to a screen door.
Police said the toddler, Adam Mancino, was asleep in the den of a house at 6061 Doyle Ave. Also in the home, according to Lt. Jeff Cope, were the boy’s mother and grandparents.
The drowning occurred about 6:40 p.m., Cope said, after the youngster woke up and managed to get outside.
Adam’s grandfather found him floating in the pool a short time later. Seeing that the boy was not breathing, he administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation while other family members called 911.
The toddler was pronounced dead on arrival at Humana Hospital-Huntington Beach.
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