Published Monday, Jan. 19, 2009 | 4:03 p.m.
Updated Monday, Jan. 19, 2009 | 7:38 p.m.
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A second toddler in a week has died after being pulled from a backyard swimming pool, the latest incident occurring Monday afternoon in North Las Vegas, police said.
North Las Vegas police and paramedics were called at about 3:14 p.m. to the 3100 block of Van Der Meer Street just south of Cheyenne Avenue after a 2-year-old boy was pulled from a pool, said Chrissie Coon, spokeswoman for North Las Vegas Police Department.
The child was taken to North Vista Hospital, where he later died.
"Detectives will conduct a thorough death investigation to determine whether or not the circumstances around this child’s death rise to a criminal level. At this time, no charges have been filed," the police department said in a statement.
Last Tuesday, an 18-month-old boy, Jordan Williams, drowned in a hot tub next to a swimming pool in the backyard of his day care center at 4731 Gunlock Circle in North Las Vegas. Another 3-year-old boy was pulled from the hot tub, but survived.
North Las Vegas police are still conducting a criminal investigation into that drowning, Coon said.
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