Chino High School student who died after pool accident was at a football team party, police report says – Daily Bulletin

A Chino High School student who died June 30 after being pulled from the school’s swimming pool two days earlier had attended a football team swim party, according to a Chino police report released Thursday, July 18.

The cause of death has not yet been announced for 14-year-old Jason Phan of Ontario, a rising freshman at Chino High.

The incident report, provided to the Southern California News Group in response to a California Public Records Act request, included new details about the circumstances of Phan’s death that the Chino Valley Unified School District was still withholding Friday.

According to the report, at 2:31 p.m., someone called 911 to report that a teenager had drowned and was not breathing. When officers arrived, they saw a trainer giving CPR to Phan on the side of the pool. An officer took over CPR until paramedics arrived. Clergy were called to the school.

Phan was taken to Chino Valley Medical Center, where his pulse was regained before he was transferred to Children’s Hospital of Orange County, the report said.

Investigators spoke to witnesses, including two school district employees, the report said.

“It was determined that the youth had gathered at the pool to participate in an activity that also included freshmen attending summer football camp,” the report states. “The victim was in the deep end of the pool with several other students when a witness noticed the victim at the bottom of the pool and called for help. Witnesses pulled the victim to the surface.”

School district spokeswoman Andi Johnston declined to describe what happened at the pool or answer most other questions, citing the district’s investigation. She did not provide a timeline for the investigation’s completion.

Johnston agreed to search for a copy of a form a football team representative might have filled out to reserve the pool, but several days later that request went unanswered. Nor did Johnston respond to a request Thursday for details about whether lifeguards were required to be present and, if so, how many were in the pool at the time.