Autopsy planned in San Diego hot-tub death

A 39-year-old woman died after being found face down in a hot tub at a local hotel, the San Diego County medical examiner reported today.

Breta Bergin was found unresponsive Saturday morning in the Clarion Hotel hot tub. She regained a weak pulse after she was taken to the hospital, but her condition worsened and she was declared dead Sunday night at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.

An autopsy is planned.

-- Tony Perry in San Diego

Comments

[July]

My father was ovecome by chlorine fumes in a hotel hot tub. He lost consciousness, slouched down, and my mother was there to hold onto him while I ran to call 911/hotel security. He regained consciousness in the hospital and remembered nothing. I wouldn't be surprised if this woman was exposed to the same sort of fumes. The hotel assumed no liability, but if he had been alone he would have drowned.