Man hospitalized after being pulled from water behind Clearwater condo building

Kaycee Sloan

May 14, 2024 at 5:13 PM

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — A man has been hospitalized after he was pulled from the water behind a condo building in Clearwater late Tuesday afternoon.

Clearwater Fire Rescue crews and Clearwater police were called to the Continental Towers at 675 S. Gulfview Boulevard around 3:49 p.m. after bystanders pulled the swimmer from the water.

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The man was treated at the scene and taken to Morton Plant Hospital with “potential life-threatening injuries.”

No other information was made available.

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