Infant dies after falling into pool

Deepa Bharath

An infant girl, who was rushed to Hoag Hospital in critical condition

Friday after falling into a Corona del Mar backyard pool, died early

Saturday morning.

Roxane Swanson, 1, died of freshwater drowning, Orange County

Coroner’s officials said.

Newport Beach firefighters and paramedics responded to the call that

came in around 3 p.m. Friday. When paramedics arrived at the Cameo Shores

home, they found the mother giving CPR to her baby, officials said.

Roxane had gone into complete arrest, which means she was neither

breathing nor had a heartbeat. Officials said they got a feeble heartbeat

from her when they were on the way to Hoag Hospital.

Late Friday, Roxane was transferred to Children’s Hospital of Orange

County, where she died about 2:05 a.m. Saturday, officials said.

“She was in pretty bad shape even when they took her out of the pool,”

said Susan Thomas, spokeswoman for CHOC. “She died gradually through the

night. We did everything possible to bring her back but it was [futile].”

Officials said they did not know how long the baby had been in the

pool.

This is the city’s first pool drowning this year. In June, a

4-year-old Costa Mesa girl nearly drowned in a hotel swimming pool when

her father reportedly dozed off by the poolside.