Two 4-year-old twin boys were pulled unresponsive from a backyard swimming pool in Porter Ranch Friday and taken to a hospital, where one of them died and the other was listed in critical condition.
Paramedics were sent to the 10000 block of Des Moines Avenue, just east of Tampa Avenue north of Devonshire Street, about 10:35 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Los Angeles Police Department.
“As LAFD Firefighter/Dispatchers provided telephone CPR guidance, LAFD Firefighter/Paramedics quickly arrived to continue advanced life support, promptly transporting the pair — one in grave condition, the other in critical condition — and their parents to a regional Pediatric Trauma Center,” Brian Humphrey of the LAFD said in a statement.
LAFD Capt. Erik Scott said the gravely injured child died at the hospital, while the other was still in critical condition.
A city Crisis Response Team was sent to the scene to assist the family and neighbors.
Police were investigating the circumstances, according to the LAPD.