Posted on 07/19/2010, 11:24 am, by mySteinbach
A two-year-old Winnipeg boy has drowned in a backyard pool during a family gathering at a residence in Landmark.
The child, who had been playing with others in the yard, was noticed to be absent and a search by family members located him face down in the nearby above ground pool. RCMP report that the pool is accessed by a ladder system.
Efforts to resuscitate the child were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the Ste. Anne hospital.
The investigation continues and the death is deemed accidental.
(R.L. Poirier) S/Sgt
St. Pierre Jolys detachment
(204) 433-7908
