A four-year-old child that appeared to wander into a neighbor's pool in Ramona has died, Sheriff's officials said.
At approximately 3:33 p.m. Saturday, Sheriff's deputies were called to help fire officials with a child that had possibly drowned in a residential pool on the 16000 block of Swartz Canyon Road in Ramona, said Lt. John Maryon.
Sheriff's deputies said the child appeared to wander into a neighbor's backyard pool and drowned.
When the dog started barking, the homeowner saw the child and called 911. She was given instructions on how to perform CPR over the phone.
Paramedics arrived shortly after and tried to resuscitate the child, Sheriff's officials said. The four-year-old was taken to Rady Children's Hospital in an ambulance later, said Maryon, but the child did not survive.
Detectives from the Sheriff's Child Abuse Unit and Homicide Detail will investigate.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Homicide Detail at (858) 974-2321/after hours at (858) 565-5200 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-TIPS(8477).
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