4-year-old boy taken to hospital in Plantation after being knocked unconscious

Child expected to make full recovery

PLANTATION, Fla.

A 4-year-old boy was knocked unconscious Sunday when he jumped from the edge of a pool into a hot tub at The Waves Apartments, the Plantation Fire Department said.

 

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The child is expected to make a full recovery, said Battalion Chief Joel Gordon, of the Fire Department.

 

An adult who was watching the boy performed CPR until firefighters arrived, Gordon said.

 

By the time rescue workers got to the scene, at 9000 NW Ninth St., the boy was conscious. Officials took him to Plantation General Hospital to be treated.