1-year-old drowns in Sunrise bathtub

Child pronounced dead at hospital

SUNRISE, Fla. ā€“ A 1-year-old child died after drowning in a bathtub in a Sunrise home, police said.

According to the Sunrise Fire-Rescue Department, the child was found unresponsive Friday afternoon when paramedics arrived at the apartment complex.

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The 1-year-old was taken to Westside Regional Medical Center, where the child was pronounced dead.

Police said it wasn't known who was bathing the child.

Everyone inside the home at the time was being questioned by police.


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