BIRMINGHAM, A.L. (WIAT-TV) A child is dead after drowning in a motel pool in Irondale on Friday night.
A Texas family was celebrating a family reunion at the Red Roof Motel on Crestwood Boulevard in Irondale when tragedy struck.
When no one was looking, a two-year-old girl jumped into the water, officials say. When family members realized the situation, it was too late.
She was taken to Children’s Hospital where she died at around 9 p.m.