Toddler Drowned In La Mesa Pool ID'd

LA MESA, CA – County officials have identified a toddler who drowned in his family's swimming pool this week in La Mesa. His death was ruled an accident.

Jack Ferguson, 2, was found drowned Tuesday morning in the pool at his parent's home in the 7200 block of Princeton Avenue, said officials from the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.

The boy's parents told police they put their son to bed Monday night and found him in the pool Tuesday morning, according to the La Mesa Police Department.

After noticing the sliding glass door leading to the backyard was open, officials said the mother went into the backyard and found Jack lying on his side in the shallow end of their in-ground swimming pool. She retrieved her son and rushed him inside the home where her husband started CPR and called 911, according to the medical examiner's office.

Police and firefighters arrived on scene and began advanced cardiac life-support measures on the boy, but he was pronounced dead after being taken to Sharp Grossmont Hospital.

The parents told police they thought they had locked the sliding door, La Mesa Lt. Chad Bell said. The medical examiner's office officially ruled the boy's death an accident by drowning.

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City News Service contributed to this report.

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