A man and children aged two and five were found dead in their indoor swimming pool in the backyard of their home in Hollywood, Florida.
- Hollywood police officers were called to the South Highland Drive home around 3:30 p.m. Thursday
- They CPRed the victims who were taken to Memorial Regional Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.
- The children were five and two years old. There is no widespread information about the adult found with them
- A family with five children is currently living in the house, one of whom has just gone to college, according to reports.
- There are no doubts about bad games, but the number of minors drowning in swimming pools in Florida has reached new heights
Two young children and a man were found unanswered after drowning in a backyard pool in the South Florida at home, police say.
Hollywood Police Department officials were called to the South Highland Drive home shortly around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dean Betineschi’s spokeswoman told DailyMail.com
They CPRed the victims, who were taken to Memorial Regional Hospital, where they were found dead.
The children were five and two years old. There is no widespread information about the adult found with them.
The relationship between the man and the children could not be confirmed by local authorities.
Police told DailyMail.com they are still investigating the tragedy. No further details were available, but there was no suspicion of abuse, police said.
An unidentified man and two children, aged five and two, were found unresponsive in the pool when police responded around 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
The tragedy took place on 733 South Highland Drive in Hollywood, Florida, after the children’s mother found the three victims drowned in the water
The footage shows many employees at the home inspecting the backyard pool.
The current occupants of the house are a family of five, one of whom has just gone to college, according to a neighbor who spoke to WSVN.
“It’s terrible and I’m shocked right now. We are cordial and congratulate them here and there, “said the neighbor before the auction.
“We are really holding on to this neighborhood until something like this happens, unfortunately.”
Hollywood is south of Fort Lauderdale and just 21 miles north of Miami in Broward County.
The victims were taken to Memorial Regional Hospital (pictured), where medics gave them CPR, but they were later pronounced dead.
New U.S. data from the Florida Department of Children and Families shows that child drownings reached a record high in Florida last year with 98 children under the age of 18 dying in 2021.
In 2019, there were 65 deaths in drowning in Florida, and in 2020 there were 69 deaths in drowning.
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