Nashville 2-year-old dies after backyard pool drowning; swim instructor shares safety tips

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.