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Toddler, 3, dies in pool accident | Toddler, 3, dies in pool accident |
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A three-year-old boy has died in an accident in a swimming pool at a house in Wiltshire. | A three-year-old boy has died in an accident in a swimming pool at a house in Wiltshire. |
The child, from Buckinghamshire, fell into the pool in Yard Lane in Bromham, near Chippenham, on Tuesday afternoon. | The child, from Buckinghamshire, fell into the pool in Yard Lane in Bromham, near Chippenham, on Tuesday afternoon. |
He was taken by air ambulance to the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, but was later declared dead. | He was taken by air ambulance to the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, but was later declared dead. |
Police said the incident was not being treated as suspicious and that they were called to the scene after receiving a report of a sudden death. | Police said the incident was not being treated as suspicious and that they were called to the scene after receiving a report of a sudden death. |
Pronounced dead | |
A spokeswoman for the Great Western Ambulance Service said a paramedic had given the young boy heart massage after he was dragged from the pool. | |
But despite the ambulance crew's efforts, the boy was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital, Swindon, just 30 minutes later. | |
Priscilla Paget, who has lived in the isolated rural village for more than 45 years, said residents would be shocked at the news of the child's death. | |
She said: "It's a close-knit community here, this is such a tragedy. We've never had anything like this happen before - it's just horrible." | |
A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents said that very young children were at particular risk from drowning in the summer months. | |
"Toddlers need to be closely supervised, especially when they become more mobile as they can toddle off and fall into water but they don't have the physical ability to climb out again." |
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