A tragic incident occurred early this morning when a 4-year-old girl drowned in a pool at a home near Miami Shores. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue received a call at about 3:40 a.m. and found the child floating in the pool upon arrival, as reported by CBS News Miami. First responders pulled the girl from the water and transported her to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
The incident took place at a residence on NW 90 Street near NW 1 Avenue in El Portal, an area close to Miami Shores. Investigators from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office are looking into how the child ended up in the pool, and homicide detectives have been called to the scene, according to details provided by 7News.
Video footage showed police conducting investigations at the El Portal home while Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials performed CPR on the child, as mentioned by NBC Miami. Drowning remains the leading cause of accidental death among children aged 1 to 4 in the United States, with about 11 children dying from drowning daily, based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This is currently a developing story, with more information pending as El Portal Police collaborate with authorities to understand the circumstances surrounding the drowning. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue dispatch recordings reveal the urgency of the situation, with the caller stating they could not swim to reach the child still in the pool, “156 Northwest 90 Street, four-year-old female cardiac or respiratory arrest. Possible drowning,” one dispatcher said over Broadcastify, as reported by 7News.
