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2-year-old drowns in SE Atlanta
A 2-year-old girl accidentally drowned over the weekend in southeast Atlanta, according to Atlanta police.
ATLANTA - A 2-year-old has drowned in southeast Atlanta, according to police.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The age of the child has been adjusted based off new information provided to FOX 5 by police. Atlanta police told FOX 5 the child was 2-years-old after the child's mother contacted FOX 5 and told us the police had it wrong.
What we know:
Police said officers responded to the 2700 block of Memorial Drive SE around 2:40 p.m. on Saturday.
When officers arrived, they said they found a 2-year-old girl who had drowned. She was rushed to the hospital but died.
Police said the drowning appears to be an accident.
The backyard of the home where a 2-year-old girl drowned on Aug. 16, 2025. (FOX 5 News)
A FOX 5 crew on the scene said the drowning appears to have happened at a home with a pool in the backyard. The crew said police had put crime scene tape around the pool. Officers left the home just before 6 p.m. on Saturday.
What they're saying:
A neighbor told FOX 5 that the people who lived there moved in about five months ago. He had seen children and a woman at the house, but didn't know them well.
He said he saw a woman flagging down a firetruck in the front yard as he was pulling up from running errands.
The Source: Information in this article came from the Atlanta Police Department and a FOX 5 crew on scene. It has been updated to add more information as our crew learned it. This article was updated with new information about the age of the child. Please see the Editor's Note for more information on that change.