{"id":278137,"date":"2026-05-20T14:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/278137\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:40:08","slug":"toddler-critical-after-dad-finds-her-submerged-in-port-st-lucie-pool-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/278137\/","title":{"rendered":"Toddler critical after dad finds her submerged in Port St. Lucie pool"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A toddler was airlifted to a hospital and remains in critical condition after being found submerged in a Port St. Lucie pool.<\/p>\n

The Port St. Lucie Police Department <\/a>said that officers responded to the 3200 block of SW Crumpacker Street following a call regarding a drowning involving a 20-month-old child on Thursday, around 9 p.m. <\/p>\n

According to police, their preliminary investigations suggest that a 19-year-old family member opened the sliding glass door to let the family dogs outside, accidentally leaving it slightly ajar. <\/p>\n

The report states that the young girl then exited the house unnoticed and was later found submerged in an above-ground swimming pool in the backyard.<\/p>\n

Police said that the child’s father discovered her and immediately alerted her mother, who began performing CPR while calling for help. <\/p>\n

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A toddler was airlifted to a hospital and remains in critical condition after being found submerged in a Port St. Lucie pool. (WPEC)<\/p>\n

See also: Parents\u2019 fast action saves baby after alleged daycare assault leaves skull fractures<\/a><\/p>\n

When officers arrived, they reported finding the mother actively trying to save her child. A neighbor, hearing the cries for assistance, called 911 and rushed over to help the family until emergency personnel arrived.<\/p>\n

The child was transported to Tradition Medical Center, where she was stabilized before being airlifted to Nemours Children\u2019s Hospital. Officials say that she remains in critical condition. <\/p>\n

The investigation is ongoing, and authorities continue to look into the timeline of events leading up to the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A toddler was airlifted to a hospital and remains in critical condition…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-278137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}