5-year-old boy dies after being found in backyard pool in South Miami-Dade
.jpg "A 5-year-old boy died Thursday night, June 27, 2024, after being rushed to the hospital by Miami-Dade paramedics responding to a drowning report.")
A 5-year-old boy died Thursday night at the hospital, where Miami-Dade rushed him after responding to a call of a drowning in a backyard pool, police said.
Police and firefighters arrived at the home, located in the 14800 block of SW 168th Terrace around 7:40 p.m. and rushed the boy by helicopter ambulance to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital in critical condition, said Detective Angel Rodriguez, a Miami-Dade police spokesman.
Once at the hospital, doctors pronounced the child dead, Rodriguez said.
The incident is under investigation by Miami-Dade Homicide detectives, according to Rodriguez.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
David Goodhue
Miami Herald