13-year-old girl dies after drowning in pool at Discovery Cove in Orlando, Florida: Police

Emily DeLetter, USA TODAY

Updated May 31, 2024 at 11:12 a.m.·2 min read

A teenage girl has died after drowning in an Orlando, Florida, theme park pool, according to local authorities.

In a statement, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said the girl was found unresponsive in a Discovery Cove pool on Tuesday just before noon. She was transported to the hospital in critical condition and died on Wednesday.

The girl was identified by authorities as 13-year-old Anna Beaumont.

Discovery Cove is an amusement park in Orlando where visitors can interact with marine animals, located near both Universal Studios Florida and Walt Disney World.

The medical examiner's office listed her cause of death as accidental caused by drowning. Police said the investigation into her death remains active and ongoing.

Fatal drownings: Young men drown in Florida's Caloosahatchee River while trying to save someone else

Orlando drowning latest in teen drownings this year

USA TODAY has reported several drownings as summer and warmer weather arrive this year, including a few recent cases involving teens.

On May 22, 17-year-old Alonzo Juan Juan, a high school senior in Coffeyville, Kansas, died from drowning just hours after graduating.

Two South Carolina teens were found dead in suspected drownings last week after they were challenged with a dare to jump into a lake over the weekend. Authorities confirmed Rayan Al-Nasser, 16, and Zakaria Chaar, 15, were found late Monday morning in 15 feet of water and about eight feet apart, per The Greenville News, part of USA TODAY Network.

In another incident, one teenager and two young adults died after swimming in the Caloosahatchee River near the Franklin Lock in Alva, Florida. The three who drowned on May 18 were identified as Santos Tiul-Chen, 17; Victor Pedro-Gaspar, 19, and Pedro Miguel Pascual, 21.

The drownings happened when two of the drowning victims attempted to rescue the first victim, the sheriff's office said in an emailed statement to the Fort Myers News-Press, part of the USA TODAY Network.

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