A Tsawwassen Father's Day pool party turned into a near nightmare for one family after a five-year-old girl almost drowned.
The incident occurred at about 3:20 p.m. Sunday at a home on Kuma Cresecent.
Delta police spokesperson Sgt. Sarah Swallow said the Surrey family was at the home for a Father's Day celebration. She said the little girl had been in the pool under adult supervision earlier but then either jumped or fell into the pool. She was in the water for less than a minute, Swallow said, when she was discovered unconscious.
The little girl was pulled from the pool and given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, which she responded to almost immediately, Swallow said, adding that the child was conscious, breathing and talking when emergency crews arrived.
She was air lifted to B.C. Children's Hospital as a precaution, but was released later Sunday night.
With the warmer weather upon us, police are warning parents to be vigilant when children are playing in or near any source of water.
"It literally just takes seconds... for the situation to change," Swallow said.
Police recommend having children wear a lifejacket, rather than inflatable water wings, which are more easily removed.
