The June 5 near-drowning of an 8-year-old boy at his grandmother’s home on Milam Road took a turn for the worse. The boy died at Scottish Rite Hospital in Atlanta.
The incident occurred on June 5 at the home of the boy’s grandmother on Milam Road in north Fayette County.
Sheriff Barry Babb said the 8-year-old was one of several children playing in the pool. At one point some of the other children began yelling that the boy was “missing.”
The boy’s mother and grandmother, who had been in the sunroom near the pool, came to the pool, as did the boy’s father, Babb said. The boy was lying face-down in the pool in the deep end, Babb added.
The mother and grandmother attempted several times to reach the boy but were unable to do so, Babb said. The father used a pool pole to move the boy near the side of the pool and was able to remove him from the water, said Babb.
The grandmother began CPR and continued until EMS units arrived and took over, Babb said.
The child was transported to Piedmont Fayette Hospital, was resuscitated, prepped and stabilized and flown to Scottish Rite Hospital, said Babb.
