West Vancouver toddler saved from pool

Last Updated: Friday, July 23, 2010 | 8:24 AM PT

CBC News

Another Vancouver-area toddler is recovering in hospital after nearly drowning in a family's backyard pool, the second such incident in less than a month.

West Vancouver police Sgt. Paul Skelton said the boy was at home with a parent and a nanny at their Horseshoe Bay residence when he wandered out of sight.

"They quickly checked the general area and found him in the pool. They quickly retrieved him from the pool and a nanny who was on scene administered CPR," said Skelton.

The nanny managed to revived the toddler and he was then taken to hospital where he is expected to make a full recovery, said Skelton.

Early this month a two-year-old girl who was found floating face down in a backyard swimming pool in Surrey, B.C. was also saved by a quick-thinking family friend who gave the child CPR.