MONTEREY COUNTY (KRON) — A 9-year-old boy drowned during a family trip to the Arroyo Seco Campground in Los Padres National Forest on Sunday, a Monterey County sheriff’s spokeswoman said.
A deputy responded to a report of a drowning around 1:50 p.m. Sunday at a campground at the end of Arroyo Seco Road, officials said.
The child had gone out into the water with a family member and disappeared, according to sheriff’s officials.
The boy’s parents alerted camp personnel and returned minutes later to see other visitors performing CPR on their son.
An ambulance crew transported the boy to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The boy’s name has not yet been released.