6-year-old boy drowns in a canal in Tamarac over the weekend, Broward deputies say
.jpg "A boy, 6, drowned in a canal in Tamarac on Feb. 25, 2023, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.")
Authorities announced Monday that a 6-year-old boy drowned in a canal in Tamarac moments after he disappeared from a residential area over the weekend.
Deputies rushed to the 100 block of Ann Lee Lane at around 1 p.m. Saturday after receiving a call about a missing child, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. But moments later, the boy was found drowned in a nearby canal.
Deputies then pulled the victim out of the water and tried to save him before he was taken to a hospital. There he was pronounced dead, detectives say. According to BSO, foul play is not suspected.
Authorities didn’t release additional information.
Omar Rodríguez Ortiz
Miami Herald