Two sisters, aged five and eight, die after being found in a neighbor’s swimming pool in Pensacola, Florida, according to multiple reports. The girls are discovered unresponsive in the pool on Monday at a home on Gerhardt Drive. Police and other authorities respond to the scene after the girls are reported missing or not accounted for, and they are located in the water.
One account says the sisters allegedly climb a fence and enter their neighbor’s yard while the homeowners are away, then access the pool. Both outlets describe the girls as having been “adventurous,” and both present the drowning as occurring at the neighbor’s property rather than their own home.
Authorities are conducting an investigation into the circumstances leading up to the drowning, including how the girls entered the yard and whether there are contributing safety factors. The reports agree on the basic facts: the girls’ ages, the location in Pensacola, and that they are found unresponsive in the pool.
