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2 juveniles injured in separate near-drowning incidents in Prince George's County

One boy and one girl have sustained life-threatening injuries after county rescue squads responded to reported drownings that were nearly an hour apart.

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — Rescue squads in Prince George's County responded to two separate drowning calls that happened between 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday involving a boy and a girl that face life-threatening injuries.

The first call was to a pool in the 400 block of W. Tantallon Raod in Fort Washington, and the second in the10000 block of Locust Street in Gleen Dale, officials said.

Both have been taken to a hospital, and no updates on their conditions have been provided since Prince George's County Fire and EMS released information earlier in the evening.

Approx 6:18pm #pgfd units responded to the 10000 block of Locust St in Glenn Dale for a reported drowning. Once on scene, crews provided life saving medical care to a female juvenile patient. The patient was transported with life threatening injuries.
— Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department (@PGFDNews) July 15, 2020

Approx 5:18pm #pgfd units responded to the 400 block of W. Tantallon Rd in Ft. Washington for a reported drowning. Once on scene, units extracted one male juvenile patient from a pool and began emergency medical care. Patient was transported with life threatening injuries.
— Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department (@PGFDNews) July 15, 2020

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