A 1-year-old girl died after being found in a swimming pool at a Plantation home, police and fire rescue officials said.
Officers and Plantation Fire Rescue were called to a home on Wednesday on Northwest 18th Street after someone found her in the pool and removed her, said Lt. Aston Bright, a spokesperson for the fire department.
The police department first gave her medical treatment and were relieved when Plantation Fire Rescue arrived, Officer Chavez Grant, a spokesperson for the police department, said.
Firefighters started to perform CPR, and she was in critical condition when they took her to the hospital, Bright said.
The girl was pronounced dead at Broward Health Medical Center, Grant said. Their investigation is ongoing.
Earlier this summer, a 2-year-old died after drowning in a lake in Boynton Beach’s Stonehaven community, and three children in the South Florida region had been saved from nearly drowning.
In the summer of 2024 alone, Broward Health Medical Center staff treated about 20 people who nearly drowned, and three of them later died, Dr. Francis Amador, medical director of the pediatric emergency department at Broward Health Medical Center, said at a news conference in June after the near-drownings. The most important interventions for a positive outcome are bystanders administering CPR quickly — and children learning to swim, he said.
Water safety tips
Sign children up for swim classes. The Florida Department of Health statewide offers a swimming lesson voucher program for eligible families with children less than a year old and up to 17 years old.
Ensure layers of protection are in place at home pools, including supervision and physical barriers.
Learn CPR. Different age groups require different techniques. Classes are offered in Broward County through several local cities and fire departments, Broward Health, American Red Cross and the American Heart Association. Classes are offered in Palm Beach County through Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, American Red Cross and others.
