Child Released after Near-Drowning

TYLER — A child has been released from the hospital following a near-drowning over the weekend. An off-duty law officer is being credited with reviving the small boy after he was pulled from a Tyler swimming pool. Saturday afternoon around 1:45, Tyler police were dispatched to 6519 Rochester Way on a possible drowning. Upon arrival, officers were told that the residents were having a birthday party for a three-year-old boy. During the party, the youngster was found on the bottom of the residence’s swimming pool. Family members were able to remove the child from the bottom of the pool and discovered that the child was not breathing and unresponsive.

Tyler Police Officer Jimmy Turner was off duty and attending the birthday party. Officer Turner was called to the child’s location and began to perform CPR on the child. Officer Turner was able to revive the child, who began to breathe on his own. The child was transported to Mother Frances Hospital by ETMC EMS. At the hospital, the child was awake and speaking. The child was later flown to Children’s Hospital in Dallas as a precaution. He was released from that hospital later in the weekend.