Police: 2-year-old dies after drowning in Margate

MARGATE, Fla. – A young child sadly drowned at a home in Broward County on Tuesday.

It happened along the 100 block of Northwest 79th Avenue in Margate.

According to police, officers responded to the home after receiving calls of a child drowning.

Police said a 2-year-old boy was given CPR by officers until paramedics arrived and rushed the child to Broward Health Coral Springs, where he was pronounced dead.

Authorities did not provide any information regarding the circumstances that caused the child to drown.

Police said no charges are being filed at this time.


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Terrell Forney joined Local 10 News in October 2005 as a general assignment reporter. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, but a desire to escape the harsh winters of the north brought him to South Florida.

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