PORT ST. LUCIE — A 3-year-old child drowned Friday night according to Port St. Lucie Police.
In a release from the department, police received a call around 7:30 p.m. about a drowning in the 2200 block of SW Edison Circle.
According to police, the child's father was feeding a 3-month-old in the home and went to put the infant to sleep.
When the father went back to the kitchen, he saw the 3-year-old floating in the pool and a 4-year-old on the back patio, police said.
The father jumped into the pool and then performed CPR on the child.
The child was taken to Tradition Medical Center and was pronounced dead at the hospital at 8:11 p.m.
Police said the pool had a safety barrier around it, but it is unknown how the 3-year-old was able to surpass the barrier and make it into the pool.
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