A three-year-old boy has died from drowning in a lagoon at the Beach Club at Lago Santa Margarita during a 4th of July party, according to a news report.
The Orange County Fire Authority said they were called to the Rancho Santa Margarita community pool on Avenida de los Fundadores, where they found an off-duty nurse and off-duty paramedic performing CPR on three-year-old Xavier Ergueta. He was taken to a hospital and eventually removed from life support one day later.
The community pool is managed by the Santa Margarita Landscape and Recreation Corporation, known as SAMLARC, which is conducting an investigation into the incident. According to reports, there were no lifeguards on duty during the event and a lack of life-saving equipment available.
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