Two Drownings Over Holiday Weekend

Two people are dead including a 6-year-old boy who drowned over the holiday weekend after falling in a family backyard pool. The other death involved a 18- year old man from Yucca Valley who drowned while swimming with friends at Big Bear Lake. His friends called for help when they couldn’t find him after he swam out to some rocks about 100 feet from the shore.

The six year-old boy drowned just before 10p.m. Saturday night. Relatives pulled him out of the water and gave him CPR until paramedics arrived. He was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center, but died a short time later.

The ABC’s of Pool Safety stand of “Adult Supervision,” “Barriers” (like pool fences), and “Classes” (like CPR and swimming lesson).

Rene Hickey has been teaching lesson for 37 years.

“At 6 months of age you start the process of teaching your kids to swim,” she said. “Babies and toddlers can start to learn, but anyone 2 years and under can’t even lift their face out of the water.”

Its suggested parents take CPR classes because drowning is one of the leading cause of death for children 1 to 4. It’s estimated nearly 500 children drown each year in backyard pools, another 3,000 suffer from severe trauma after nearly drowning.

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