One SC toddler dead, another on life support after being pulled from swimming pools

A South Carolina 2-year-old died Saturday after being found unresponsive in a swimming pool and another child is on life support after being pulled from a swimming pool the same day.

The Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office said the toddler was found in a pool on Liberty Lane in Spartanburg on Saturday afternoon, according to FOX Carolina.

The boy, identified as 2-year-old Castiel Mack Grayson, died just before 6 p.m. at Spartanburg Medical Center, WSPA reported.

Additional details about the boy’s death were not immediately available, but an autopsy is pending and the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office and State Law Enforcement Division are investigating, according to WYFF.

In the Lowcountry community of Cottageville, an unresponsive 2-year-old girl was pulled from a swimming pool around 1 p.m. Saturday, the Cottageville Police Department said in a Facebook post. Family members were frantically trying to administer CPR to the girl when first responders arrived.

The girl was airlifted to the Medical University of South Carolina, where she is on life support in the intensive care unit, the police department said.

In a post Sunday morning, the agency said the girl is responding to medical personnel and family members but still is in critical condition.

Saturday’s death is at least the third involving a South Carolina toddler found in a swimming pool since June 1. Last month, a 2-year-old died after being found unresponsive in a pool at an Aiken County home and weeks later another 2-year-old died after being found unresponsive in a Greenville County pool.

This story was originally published July 22, 2018 at 9:37 AM.