DELTONA -- A 1-year-old boy drowned in a backyard swimming pool late this afternoon in Deltona. He is the youngest of six pre-school-age children to die in pool drownings this year in Volusia County.
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to 754 Leeward Drive after receiving a 911 call at 5:18 p.m. reporting that the baby had been found at the bottom of the pool, agency spokesman Gary Davidson said.
The baby, Chase Wilson, wasn’t breathing when he was removed from the pool. The child’s mother and father and a grandparent were at the house at the time of the incident, Davidson said.
"A Sheriff’s Office telecommunicator coached a frantic family member over the phone on CPR procedures while help was quickly sent to the house," Davidson said.
The first responding deputy arrived on scene at 5:22 p.m. and took over efforts to try and revive the baby. Paramedics with the Deltona Fire Department and EVAC ambulance also assisted with the life-saving efforts. The baby was placed into an EVAC ambulance and rushed to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
A Sheriff's Office investigation is under way, Davidson said.