BACOLOD CITY – A five-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool in a beach resort in Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
Police withheld the name of the victim but he is a resident of Barangay Tinampa-an, Cadiz City and a kindergarten pupil.
A KINDERGARTEN pupil drowned in a swimming pool in Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Dec. 4. (Photo courtesy of Cadiz City Police Station)
Police Lt. Col. John Joel Batusbatusan, Cadiz police chief, said the boy’s 22-year-old mother failed to notice that her son wandered around during a gathering.
A resort guest discovered the victim drowning and he called for help.
The victim was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead.
The incident was only reported to the police on Thursday morning, Dec. 5.