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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Infant girl left at fire station
SAN MARCOS — A newborn baby girl appears to be in good condition after being left at Fire Station No. 4 on Broadway Street by unknown persons about 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Engineer Jim Turnage heard what he thought were kittens outside the door, said Fire Chief Mike Baker. When he investigated, he found the baby girl wrapped tightly in a blanket outside the door.
Fire Lt. Craig Miller followed San Marcos Fire Rescue procedures under the Texas Baby Moses law, notifying EMS and law enforcement. EMS notified Child Protective Services.
The baby was taken to Central Texas Medical Center.
This is the first time a child has been left with San Marcos Fire Rescue under the Texas Baby Moses Law, which allows a parent to leave an infant under 60 days old at a hospital or fire station with no questions asked.
All San Marcos fire stations are designated as “Safe Places” under the Baby Moses law.
The infant appeared to be a newborn, weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces and seemed to be in good health, according to Sgt. Fred Wisener of the San Marcos police.
Since the baby was left at the fire station in good faith, the Police department is not conducting any criminal investigation in the matter, Wisener said.
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West Enfield Park pool death ruled an accident
After an autopsy this morning, the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death of a 27-year-old man found in a pool at West Enfield Park early this morning an accident, an Austin police spokeswoman said.
Abram-Donald Lahmers suffered a “blunt force injury to his head,” possibly from diving into the shallow end of the pool, said Austin police spokeswoman Veneza Aguiñaga.
Lahmers was doing what those who found him were doing — going to the pool after hours, Aguiñaga said.
At 3:43 a.m., authorities got a call that a dead person was at the pool in the 2000 block of Enfield Road, Aguiñaga said. Lahmers was found by people who had jumped the fence to swim, she said. They called 911. Lahmers, who had “obvious trauma to his body” was pronounced dead at the scene, Aguiñaga said.
Lahmers was not with those who found him, she said. Aguiñaga said she did not know if Lahmers was alone or if alcohol or drugs were involved in the incident.
Initially, authorities investigated the incident as a suspicious death.
Life Time Fitness closes pools following accident
Both the indoor and outdoor pools at Life Time Fitness in South Austin are closed today, following an accident yesterday evening that landed a four-year-old boy in the hospital.
The boy was in critical condition at the Dell Children’s Medical Center on Friday night.
The boy was submerged in the water, authorities said. A Life Time spokesman said the child, wearing goggles, was near the shallow end of the outdoor pool, close to the mushroom that sprays water.
A lifeguard who noticed the boy needed attention, pulled him from the water, said Life Time spokesman Jason Thunstrom. Other staff administered CPR while others cleared the pool area and called 911 at about 5:45 p.m.
On the way to the hospital, paramedics restored the boy’s pulse.
Thunstrom said that after speaking with police, it is believed that the staffing and action taken was appropriate. The incident “appeared to be an accident,” he said.
At the health club at 7101 S. MoPac Blvd. (Loop 1), which opened in October 2007, an incident like this hadn’t happened before, Thunstrom said.
“Everyone’s just hopeful for a positive outcome at this time.”
