Klerksdorp- A 10-year-old boy has drowned this afternoon at a swimming pool at a lodge on the R30 in Klerksdorp in the North West Province.‬

‪ER24 paramedics arrived on scene and found a group of bystanders that had gathered around a swimming pool. On the floor lay the body of a young boy.‬

‪On assessment, paramedics discovered that they young patient had no signs of life. Unfortunately there was nothing more paramedics could do and he was declared dead on scene.‬

‪”It is believed that the boy had been underwater for roughly 45 minutes when he was apparently pulled from the water by an unknown man” Er24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said.‬

‪Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.‬
-TDN
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