Boy, 4, found unconscious in outdoor fountain
Published: Sun, Jun. 29, 2008 12:00PM
Modified Sun, Jun. 29, 2008 12:01PM
E-Mail
Print
tool name
closeCLAYTON -- A young boy is in the hospital after being found unconscious in an outdoor fountain.
Clayton Police and EMS was dispatched about 8:50 am today to a location near Charleston Drive in the Riverwood Athletic subdivision.
According to police, Derek Casanova-Gonzalez, 4, was with his parents this morning as they worked to clean inside the nearby child development center.
More Local & State
A media release from police said the child, who has autism, is believed to have wandered away and left the building.
The parents noticed the child missing and first searched the interior of the large facility, then began searching outside where the child was found unresponsive in the fountain pool, the police said.
The father began CPR and EMS was called. The boy was transported by ambulance to WakeMed in Raleigh, where he is undergoing treatment.
Clayton police identified the parents as Johnston County residents Gil Alonso and Erika Gozalez-Trejo. An investigation into the incident is continuing.
Get it all with convenient home delivery of The News & Observer.
The News & Observer is pleased to be able to offer its users the opportunity to make comments and hold conversations online. However, the interactive nature of the internet makes it impracticable for our staff to monitor each and every posting.
Since The News & Observer does not control user submitted statements, we cannot promise that readers will not occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted on our website. In addition, we remind anyone interested in making an online comment that responsibility for statements posted lies with the person submitting the comment, not The News and Observer.
If you find a comment offensive, clicking on the exclamation icon will flag the comment for review by the administrators, we are counting on the good judgment of all our readers to help us.
