JENSEN BEACH, Fla. — The Martin County Sheriff's Office is urging residents to be more aware of pool dangers after a one-year-old girl drowned in Jensen Beach Tuesday afternoon.
The 911 call came in around 3:30 p.m., reporting a child had been found in a pool at a home in the 200 block of NE Flax Terrace in Jensen Beach. According to Martin County Fire Rescue, the child was unresponsive when transported to Martin North Hospital.
Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek spoke to WPTV and shared that dispatchers were originally helping a frantic grandmother find her granddaughter.
“We received a 911 call up in Jensen Beach from a frantic grandmother who was looking for her one-year-old granddaughter,” said Budensiek. “Our dispatch on the same call was talking to her about: do you have a pool? Yes. Can you look in the pool?”
Moments later, she found her granddaughter in the pool.
“Do everything in your power to make sure that you are a responsible pool owner, responsible parent, grandparent,” said Budensiek. “Make sure there's fences up. Make sure you constantly have an eye on (them) even if you're in the pool with them, keep an eye on them.”
This is the third known drowning of a child in Martin County this month.
Region Martin County
2-year-old dead after drowning in family pool
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