Toddler in critical condition after near drowning in Sandalwood neighborhood

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 2-year-old boy was rescued from a pond Tuesday afternoon in a Sandalwood neighborhood, police said.

According to a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office incident report, the boy was found face down in the pond, and an off-duty JSO officer used an AED on the toddler and performed CPR until Jacksonville Fire and Rescue paramedics arrived.

JFRD said it rushed the child to the hospital in critical condition.

The near drowning happened in the Sutton Lakes subdivision where the pond is located behind a home on Hendon Drive.

Police said both of the boy’s parents were home. The boy’s mother said he must have slipped out of the house through the garage, where the boy’s father was doing laundry.