Coroner: North Las Vegas drowning was accidental
A 20-month-old boy died of accidental drowning in August, the Clark County coroner's officer said Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. Robert L. Peterson was found unconscious in a pool by family members on Aug. 25, 2014, in the 7000 block of North Seabirds Place in North Las Vegas on Aug. 25, 2014. He died two days later. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A 20-month-old boy died of accidental drowning in August, the Clark County coroner's officer said Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. Robert L. Peterson was found unconscious in a pool by family members on Aug. 25, 2014, in the 7000 block of North Seabirds Place in North Las Vegas on Aug. 25, 2014. He died two days later. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The North Las Vegas boy who was found unconscious in a swimming pool in August accidentally drowned, the Clark County coroner’s office said on Thursday.
Officers were called Aug. 25 to a home in the 7000 block of North Seabirds Place, near Elkhorn Road and Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas police said.
Robert L. Peterson, a 20-month-old, was taken to a hospital in critical condition and died two days later, police said.
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