A 14-year-old boy is hospitalized after being pulled from a swimming pool at a Lauderhill apartment complex Sunday, marking the latest in what officials describe as an alarming increase in child drowning and near-drowning incidents across South Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lauderhill Fire Rescue responded to Sunny Lake Apartments after reports that a child had been pulled from the water. The teenager was rushed to the hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His condition has not been released.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The incident comes as South Florida continues to experience a troubling string of water emergencies<\/a> involving children.<\/p>\n According to CBS News Miami reporting, there have been at least six drowning or near-drowning incidents involving children across South Florida over the past month, many of them in Broward County.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sunday’s rescue also happened at the same apartment complex where another near-drowning was reported last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n Among the recent tragedies CBS News Miami has reported:<\/p>\n The latest rescue has renewed concerns among first responders, who say many of these incidents are preventable.<\/p>\n Officials continue to urge parents and caregivers to closely supervise children around water, install appropriate pool barriers and enroll children in swim lessons <\/a>as early as possible.<\/p>\n “We are unfortunately seeing a trend in these tragedies and near tragedies here in South Florida,” CBS News Miami’s Anna McAllister reported from the scene Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n