Viomara Laura Ortiz

A 2-year-old Tennessee girl drowned in her family's backyard pool after her father reported she ran off while he was changing for a planned swim. Video footage showed she was in the water for about eight minutes before being found unresponsive.

A 2-year-old Tennessee girl drowned in her family’s backyard pool after her father said she ran off while he was changing for a swim. Video footage showed she was in the water for about eight minutes before being found unresponsive, and she later died at a hospital.

A 2-year-old Nashville girl drowned in her backyard pool after slipping away from her father while he was changing for a planned swim. The father performed CPR but the child was later pronounced dead at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. A swim instructor emphasized the importance of pool safety measures like self-latching gates, alarms, and consistent swim lessons to prevent such accidents.

A 2-year-old girl, Viomara Laura Ortiz, died after an apparent accidental drowning in a backyard pool in Nashville. Her father reported she ran off while he was changing, leading to an eight-minute delay before she was found. CPR was performed, and she was taken to Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital, where she later died.

A 2-year-old girl, Viomara Laura Ortiz, drowned in her family's backyard pool in Nashville after her father allegedly could not locate her for several minutes. The father performed CPR before taking her to a hospital, but she later died. Police reviewed video showing she was in the pool for approximately 8 minutes before being found.