Police: 8-year-old drowns in Orange Beach resort pool
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Updated: May. 12, 2019 at 4:41 PM CDT
ORANGE BEACH, AL (WSFA) - The Orange Beach Police Department has confirmed the drowning of a child at Caribe Resort building "C" on Perdido Beach Boulevard, WPMI reports.
According to WPMI, the family confirmed that it was the child’s eighth birthday. He drowned in the pool, and his father said he wasn’t a very good swimmer.
WPMI reports a medical helicopter was called to carry the victim to the hospital, but he wasn’t revived.
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