A pair of 3-year-old twin girls have tragically drowned in an apartment complex swimming pool in Sherman, Texas.
A news release from the Sherman Police Department posted on Facebook on Thursday, Aug. 29 detailed that Sherman Police Dispatch received a 911 call at “approximately 1159 hours” on Wednesday, Aug. 28 “regarding two children discovered unconscious in a swimming pool.”
According to CBS News, police said that a maintenance worker found the two girls in the pool, which is within the West Washington Street apartment complex, Ridgeview Apartments, and performed CPR on them.
Police and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) then responded, and EMS performed live-saving measures on arrival, per the police department release.
Authorities said that the twins were later “transported to a hospital, but tragically, they did not survive.”
Patrol cars of the Sherman, Texas police department.
sherman Police Department/facebook
Speaking to News 12 after the tragic incident, local woman Carrie Curry detailed what she witnessed.
“I was leaving my apartment, and I saw the commotion with the ambulance and fire trucks and stuff,” she told the outlet. “So I went in behind the police officer’s car, and I saw everybody at the pool. When I looked across there, the maintenance man was standing there, he’s soaking wet.”
“This is a sad moment,” she said to News 12. “This is so sad. And it’s a prayerful moment. We need to pray for our children. We really do. Take care of your babies.”
Sherman Police Department administrative lieutenant Kevin Garbacik also spoke with the outlet about moment the maintenance worker discovered the twin girls in the pool.
“Maintenance found them in the pool, they were already underwater,” he told the outlet. “Maintenance was able to pull them out and start recovery efforts with them.”
According to CBS News, police said the parents of the two twin girls were present on the property at the time of the incident.
No details of the identity of the twins or their family have been released by authorities at this stage, and the Sherman Police Criminal Investigation Division is “continuing the investigation,” according to the release.
Curry also urged families to remain alert to the whereabouts of their children at all times.
“Parents, if you have children and keep your eye on your children, always know where they are, whether they’re in the house or outside,” she said, per News 12. “Take care of your babies. They’re our future”
