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Ocala boy drowns while swimming in ocean with grandfather

Ormond Beach, Volusia COunty
AP

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a 7-year-old Ocala boy drowned while swimming with his grandfather in the Atlantic Ocean.

Volusia County Beach Safety officials say the man and two children went into the water near Ormond Beach about 1 p.m. Saturday.


A short time later a beachgoer heard the child’s grandmother yelling for help. Authorities pulled the unresponsive boy from the water and began CPR. The boy was pronounced dead at a hospital.

The boy's grandfather, a 39-year-old Ocala resident, and another grandchild, a 16-year-old girl, were treated on scene for non-life threatening injuries. The grandmother, 56, was transported by EVAC for non-life-threatening issues.