4-year-old boy from Georgia dies of drowning in community pool, Sheriff's detectives say

Eaater Sunday took a tragic turn as Osceola County Sheriff's deputies report a child visiting from Georgia drowned in a community pool.

According to police, deputies responded just before 5 p.m. to Cove East at Story Lakes in Kissimmee to reports of a child that had drown. A 4-year-old boy was transported to Arnold Palmer and later pronounced deceased. Preliminary information is that the child was separated from his family and drowned in the community pool, and that bystanders removed the child from the pool and performed CPR until EMS arrived.

Detectives from Osceola County Sheriff’s Office say they are now investigating the death.