2 drownings investigated

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Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, PBSO respond to a near drowning in Lake Worth.
Photographer: Evan Axelbank/WPTV
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  The scene of the near drownings on Tuskegee Drive in suburban Lake Worth on Friday.

Photographer: Alexandra Seltzer/Palm Beach Post
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Posted: 03/09/2012

SUBURBAN LAKE WORTH, Fla. -  SUBURBAN LAKE WORTH — A three-year-old child and her grandmother drowned at a home in suburban Lake Worth Friday afternoon.

Around 2 p.m. the child ended up in the pool in 3900 block of Tuskegee Drive.

The grandmother found her in the pool, went in and lost consciousness.

A neighbor found them and called 911.

When rescue crews arrived they found both unconscious and started CPR.

The grandmother passed away at the scene.

The granddaughter was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
 
 

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