A 7-year-old girl was killed and a 14-year-old companion was hurt after a freak accident involving a swing set that collapsed near a backyard swimming pool in Gilbert, Arizona.
The two girls were swinging on a rope attached to the wooden structure when it broke Sunday morning, May 3, 2015, according to KPHO. Part of the structure fell on the 7-year-old, and both girls were knocked into the water.
The swing set was made to allow people to jump off the rope and into the pool.
Adults inside the house said they heard the swing set break at around 9:30 a.m. They ran outside and pulled the 7-year-old girl from the water. When paramedics arrived, one of the adults, a doctor, was performing CPR, Hildebrandt said.
The 7-year-old was airlifted to Children’s Phoenix Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The teenager was in critical condition at a local hospital.
Authorities said the girls were visiting the home at the time of the accident.
