2 year-old girl drowns in family's backyard pool

04:57 PM Mountain Standard Time on Friday, July 25, 2008 MESA - Mesa fire said a 2-year-old girl drowned in a fenced backyard swimming pool near Power and McKellips roads Friday afternoon. 2 year-old drowns in fenced pool Both parents were home at the time of the incident - the father was in the garage and the mother was in the house. The parents say that the little girl got away for just a few minutes and they do not know how she attained access to the pool and got through the fence. The girl was found by one of her sisters, who called to her parents after finding her in the pool. The parents did CPR on the child immediately after getting her out of the pool. The child never regained consciousness. According to neighbors the family moved into the new development in Mesa a few months ago. She was transported by ground to... [read full story]