A 2-year-old boy died after he apparently drowned in a bath tub inside a Placentia home Monday night, Sept. 22, and his mother was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries, authorities said.

Placentia police were called to the 200 block of South Main Street just past 9:05 p.m. and arrived to find the toddler unresponsive, Lt. Joe Connell said.

The boy’s mother told police she was giving the toddler a bath in a walk-in shower while using a plastic storage bin container as a bathtub, Connell said.

“She said she had stepped out to grab something and when she returned she found the toddler face down in the water,” Connell said.

Police and firefighters attempted life-saving measures before taking the boy and his mother to the hospital, where the boy died, Connell said.

The mother was stil

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