Infant Dies and Adult Female Fights For Life After Drowning Incident At Marina Row

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — An infant child died in waters off of marina row while an adult female is fighting for her life today after an apparent drowning incident in St. Thomas on Tuesday night.

The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD), the Virgin Islands Fire Emergency Medical Service (FEMS) and the St. Thomas Rescue were mobilized to a reported drowning of two people in the area of Oasis Cove Marina in Frydenhoj at 7:47 p.m., authorities said.

VIPD officers, rescue officers, firefighters, and a Good Samaritan all converged on the scene to rescue an adult female from the water and begin lifesaving measures, according to police.

“As further information was received, officers were made aware that a child was also missing,” VIPD Communications Director Glen Dratte said. “Shortly after, an approximately four-month-old infant was recovered from the water.”

Each patient was taken by ambulance to the Schneider Hospital where the four-month-old infant girl was later declared clinically dead by physicians, according to Dratte.

The adult female currently remains on life support, the VIPD spokesman said.

This incident is an ongoing investigation by the VIPD Criminal Investigations Bureau.