7-year-old boy dies after drowning at Southeast Fresno apartment pool
A 7-year-old boy drowned at Summer Park Apartments in Southeast Fresno and later died at Community Regional Medical Center after crews pulled him from the pool.
A 7-year-old boy died Thursday after a drowning at the swimming pool at Summer Park Apartments in Southeast Fresno, where police and fire crews rushed to the complex near Butler Avenue and Winery Avenue around 4:20 p.m.
When officers arrived, the Fresno Police Department said the child had already been pulled from the pool. First responders started CPR at the scene before taking him to Community Regional Medical Center, where he later died. Police said they do not believe foul play was involved.
The drowning happened in a busy shared recreation area, with about 10 to 15 children in the pool and several adults nearby when the emergency unfolded. It was not yet clear how long the boy had been unconscious and underwater before he was found.
County public health says drowning is the leading cause of preventable death for children under age 5 in Fresno County and the second leading cause of death for adolescents and adults ages 15 to 44. Many young children who drown at home are out of sight for less than five minutes.
Drowning is fast and silent and can happen in minutes without warning. Many drowning deaths among children ages 1 to 4 occur in home pools during times when no one was supposed to be swimming. Fresno County pool operators, including apartment complexes, are required to keep records of near-drowning and drowning incidents at the pool site.
The death came just days after Fresno city pools reopened for the summer on June 15, 2026. Statewide, the California Department of Public Health says California recorded 3,631 fatal unintentional drownings from 2016 through 2023, along with 7,477 emergency department visits and 2,160 hospitalizations for nonfatal drownings over the same period. The California Department of Public Health is also running a three-year Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program under SB 855, aimed at building a more comprehensive statewide drowning surveillance system with reports due to the Legislature by January 1, 2027.
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