MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A toddler drowned in a southwest Miami-Dade County pool on Sunday, authorities confirmed.
The 2-year-old boy was found in a pool, leaving a family heartbroken.
It happened around 10 a.m. along the 14000 block of Southwest 170th Terrace. That’s when police say the toddler somehow crossed two safety barriers.
Police say when an adult went to check on the child in the area where they should have been, but he wasn’t there and the adult eventually found the boy in the backyard pool.
The toddler was unresponsive when taken out of the water, police said.
He was then rushed by helicopter to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Miami-Dade police stressed that because South Florida is an area with a lot of bodies of water, it is important to teach children water safety as soon as possible. Some organizations offer lessons for children as young as 6 months old.