Tragedy as six-year-old boy drowns in Durban swimming pool
A child was discovered in a Brazilia Place pool after a two-hour search, and police have opened an investigation.
A six-year-old boy drowned in a residential swimming pool in Umbilo, Durban, last night.
The Witness reports that Garrith Jamieson, the director of ALS Paramedics, says they were informed of a missing child in the area at around 18:00 last night and were placed on standby.
“Around 20:35, patrollers and security officials combing the area found the child in a residential pool in Brazilia Place in the Umbilo area,” he says.
Jamieson adds that he was pulled from the water, and paramedics were dispatched to assist.
‘Unfortunately, the child had suffered fatal injuries, and there was nothing paramedics could do for the little boy, who was 6 years old, and he was declared deceased on the scene,” he says.
Jamieson adds that SAPS was in attendance and will be investigating further.
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