3-year-old drowns in ‘tragic accident’ at Holiday Harbor home on July 4

JACKSONVILLE, Florida. – A 3-year-old boy drowned on Independence Day in what police called a “tragic accident,” according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Family and friends had gathered at a house on Blackbeard Drive for the Fourth of July when they noticed the toddler was missing.

The child was found unconscious in the pool. Life-saving measures were taken and the child was taken to the hospital, where he died.

The police assume that there is no third-party negligence.