Crime & Safety

Near Drowning of 1-year-old Under Investigation

A boy nearly drowned whike he and his father were in a canal.

Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies were investigating Saturday the near drowning of a 1-year-old boy.

According to the sheriff’s office, the boy and his father were in the water in a canal in the Floramar Terrace area of Gulf Harbors at the time of the incident.

The boy was breathing on his own and was airlifted to All Childrens Hospital. CPR had been delivered prior to Fire Rescues's arrival at the scene.

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Deputies are investing the incident and have not released the address or other details.  Stay with Patch as further details are released.

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