The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the drowning death of a 2-year-old girl in Tellico Plains.

First responders were dispatched to a home yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon for a drowning.  Officials say some children were playing outside with their mother when she went inside for a restroom break. When she returned outside, she was searching for the children when she saw the girl floating in the pool.

She got the child out of the pool and performed CPR until first responders arrived and took over CPR until EMS arrived and took her to the Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.