{"id":362041,"date":"2026-07-05T19:26:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/362041\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T19:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T19:26:21","slug":"child-hospitalized-in-serious-condition-after-near-drowning-in-atascocita-hcso-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/362041\/","title":{"rendered":"Child hospitalized in serious condition after near-drowning in Atascocita, HCSO says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">HARRIS COUNTY, Texas \u2013 A child was hospitalized in serious condition after a near-drowning in Atascocita, according to the Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said deputies responded to the 15808 block of Crystal Terrace Drive, where the child \u2014 believed to be about 8 years old \u2014 was rescued and taken for medical care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The incident was one of two drowning-related calls Harris County authorities handled over the Fourth of July holiday period, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2026\/07\/05\/child-drowns-in-northwest-harris-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">separate case<\/a> in northwest Harris County where a 5-year-old child died, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cOur hearts are heavy tonight. No words can ease the loss of a child,\u201d Gonzalez said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Gonzalez urged families to prioritize water safety, especially during the holiday weekend: \u201cNever leave children unsupervised near pools, bathtubs, lakes, or any body of water \u2014 even for a moment. Active supervision and barriers save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">No additional details about what led up to the Atascocita incident have been released.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 bTVksG\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRIS COUNTY, Texas \u2013 A child was hospitalized in serious condition after a near-drowning in Atascocita, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4762,405,9360,10181,56,58,57,1542],"class_list":["post-362041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-drownings","tag-harris-county","tag-harris-county-sheriffs-office","tag-hcso","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-humble"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}