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Child drowns in pool at Orlando home, police say

Incident happened in area of South Alder Avenue and Kearce Street

ORLANDO, Fla. – A child was pronounced dead after being found unresponsive in a pool at an Orlando home on Tuesday evening, police said.

Orlando police said they responded to the area of South Alder Avenue and Kearce Street around 8 p.m. in reference to the unresponsive child.

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According to a news release, the child was transported to the hospital where thy were pronounced dead.

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No other information was released.

Police said the investigation is active and ongoing.


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Jacob joined ClickOrlando.com in 2022. He spent 19 years at the Orlando Sentinel, mostly as a photojournalist and video journalist, before joining Spectrum News 13 as a web editor and digital journalist in 2021.

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