Toddler Remains Critical After Near Drowning: Sheriff

LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL — A 14-month old boy found unresponsive in a Lakewood Ranch pool Thursday night remained in critical condition Friday, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.

The agency was called out to a home in the 12000 block of Nightshade Place just before 6 p.m. March 16. Deputies say the boy was home with his father at that time.

The father told deputies he was eating with the sliding glass door cracked open slightly. When he finished his food, the father noticed the door was open wider than he had left it.

“He went outside and found his son in the pool unresponsive,” an email from the sheriff’s office said. The boy was removed from the pool and lifesaving measures were taken.

Paramedics took over those efforts upon their arrival and brought the boy, who is not being identified, to a local hospital.

Sheriff’s office spokesman Dave Bristow announced Friday afternoon that the boy’s condition remained critical.

The case is under investigation by the sheriff’s office. No further information is available at this time.

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