Lee County toddler rushed to hospital after near drowning in pool

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A 2-year-old child has been transported to Golisano Children’s Hospital after a near drowning in a swimming pool.

According to officials, law enforcement was dispatched to a home on Pineapple Road, in San Carlos Park Saturday morning.

The child was pulled from the pool and being given CPR by a bystander when law enforcement arrived.

The current condition of the child has not been released.

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