Officials Identify Scotts Valley Toddler Who Drowned Near Watsonville

PHOTO courtesy of Baby Wyatt Hutchings Memorial Fund.

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A toddler who drowned in a pool near Watsonville on Monday afternoon has been identified as 23-month-old Wyatt Hutchings from Scotts Valley, a Santa Cruz County sheriff’s spokesman said today.

Around 1:30 p.m. Monday, deputies were dispatched to a reported drowning at the Santa Cruz/Monterey Bay Kampgrounds of America camp at 1186 San Andreas Road, sheriff’s Lt. Kelly Kent said.

Wyatt was at the pool with family and friends when he somehow fell into the hot tub and drowned, Kent said.

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The boy received CPR from people at the pool before deputies arrived, according to Kent. The toddler was transported by ambulance to Watsonville Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later, Kent said.

Kent earlier this week said the child was 18 months old, but has since clarified that he was 23 months hold.

Investigators ruled the drowning was an accident, Kent said.

A community fundraiser is underway called Baby Wyatt Hutchings Memorial Fund on GoFundMe.com to help the family with expenses.

“Although he was taken so young, he made a huge impact on many people with his infectious laugh and sparkling eyes. I could go on forever about how truly special he was,“ wrote a family friend and the fund drive’s organizer.

Click here to donate.

--Bay City News contributed to this report