METAIRIE, La. (WVUE) – Two toddler girls drowned Sunday (June 16) in a community swimming pool of a Metairie apartment complex, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said.
The tragedy occurred in a swimming pool at the Lemon Tree Apartments, in the 4900 block of Zenith Street, authorities said.
Emergency dispatchers received a call about the unresponsive children shortly before 9:55 a.m. Initial reports indicated two young girls had fallen or jumped into a pool.
The Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the girls as 1-year-old Jahvon Hawkins and 2-year-old Neveah Lanieux. Dr. Gerry Cvintanovich says they were cousins.
Jefferson Parish deputies arrived and began CPR efforts. After paramedics arrived to continue treatment, JPSO deputies formed a rolling blockade of intersections along Causeway Boulevard to accelerate safe transport of the children to Ochsner Medical Center in Jefferson, where they arrived at 10:24 a.m. But there was no indication from authorities they ever regained consciousness.
Two toddler girls drowned early Sunday (June 16) at a community pool of the Lemon Tree…
Two toddler girls drowned early Sunday (June 16) at a community pool of the Lemon Tree Apartments in Metairie, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said.(WVUE-Fox 8)
“Our initial investigation indicates that the victims were outside their apartment unit playing with siblings, before entering the gated common pool area,” JPSO spokesman Sgt. Brandon Veal said in a statement. “This investigation is in its early stages.”
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