A 1-year-old Pembroke Pines girl drowns in her family’s swimming pool, police say
A 1-year-old child drowned in Pembroke Pines on Tuesday afternoon, according to police.
The girl was found unresponsive in her family’s swimming pool around 1 p.m., the Pembroke Pines Police Department said in a press release.
“Our initial investigation into the incident revealed that at the time of occurrence, the child was at home with her immediate family,” police spokeswoman Amanda Conwell said in the release.
Medics took the child from her home at Northwest 93rd Way and Northwest 23rd Street to Memorial Hospital West, where she was pronounced dead, according to the release.
The incident is under investigation, police said. Police have not identified the girl.
This story was originally published February 16, 2021 at 3:34 PM.
David Goodhue
Miami Herald