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3-year-old Drowns in Swimming Pool

 Josey Crews     Created: 5/18/2009 10:24:20 PM    Updated: 5/18/2009 10:38:19 PM
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LAKE CITY, FL -- A 3-year-old child drowned Sunday afternoon in a swimming pool in Lake City, according to the local sheriff's office.

Around 1:30 p.m., deputies with the Columbia County Sheriff's Office were called to a home on Sugar Cane Road near Highway 41 because of an unresponsive child.

Fire and rescue crews transported the 3-year-old child to Lake Shore Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The investigation by Sheriff's Deputies concluded that the drowning was a tragic accident.

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