A young boy was rushed to the hospital Sunday after he was pulled from a swimming pool at a home on Pebble Beach Road in North Lauderdale, according to deputies.
Broward Sheriff's Office and North Lauderdale Fire Rescue crews responded to the house near McNab Road late in the morning and remained there for hours as investigators worked the scene. Authorities have not released the child's name or his condition while the investigation continues.
TV cameras from Local 10 captured deputies putting up crime-scene tape outside the home. The station reports the boy was pulled from the pool at about 10:30 a.m. First responders rushed him to a nearby hospital while deputies stayed behind so detectives could document the area and start piecing together what happened.
Recent drownings across Broward
The emergency call in North Lauderdale comes amid a troubling run of child drownings and near-drownings across Broward County in recent weeks.
CBS Miami reported that a 2-year-old was found unresponsive in a Plantation pond on July 9 and later died. On June 19, a separate North Lauderdale incident ended in tragedy when a child who was preschooler pulled from backyard pool later died at the hospital. Together, the cases have renewed urgent warnings about pool and waterfront safety as summer temperatures climb.
How families can reduce risk
The Broward Sheriff's Office urges parents and caregivers to keep constant, arm's-reach supervision on children around any body of water and to treat even a few seconds of distraction as risky, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. Officials also recommend four-sided fencing around pools, alarms on doors and windows that lead outside, and locked gates as extra layers of protection.
County programs like Water SMART Broward provide swim-lesson vouchers and safety resources for families. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes drowning is the leading cause of injury-related death for children ages 1-4. Officials say layered protections - supervision, barriers, swim lessons and CPR training - remain the strongest defense against tragedy.
Back on Pebble Beach Road, detectives with the Broward Sheriff's Office kept the area around the pool taped off for hours Sunday as they worked to determine how the boy ended up in the water. Details about who was supervising him at the time and whether any charges might be considered have not been released, Local 10 reports. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Broward Sheriff's Office.
