10/07/2014

3-Year-Old Dies After Pool Incident

A 3-year-old boy has died in Wiltshire after being found unresponsive in a swimming pool.

It is understood that the boy was reported missing on Wednesday evening, but was found in the nearby pool around 20 minutes later.

He was airlifted to Southampton General Hospital. But Wiltshire Police have confirmed that the child died in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The identity of the child has not been released.

(MH/CD)

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