Father, 2 sons die days after being found in St. Augustine hotel pool

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – News4JAX learned Saturday that a 58-year-old father and his 10-year-old sons have died from drowning in a St. Augustine pool that happened on Wednesday.

Police said the father died on Thursday morning at St. Vincent’s Hospital and his son died the following day at the Wolfson Children’s Hospital.

The child’s twin brother was in critical condition at Wolfson Children’s Hospital but St. Augustine Police Department said he died Saturday night.

According to police, precisely what happened at the Rodeway Inn on N. Ponce de Leon Boulevard is still under investigation. Still, none of the people involved apparently knew how to swim.

The pool’s depth runs from 3 feet on the shallow end to 8 feet on the deep end.

The 58-year-old’s wife told police the family was visiting from South Florida.

Police said the father and sons were airlifted to the hospital in critical condition.