Two-year-old dies after drowning in 30-cm fish pond
A two-year-old toddler died after drowning in a 30-cm deep fish pond on Wednesday.
According to a Lianhe Zaobao report, a family member found the child unconscious in the fish pond in the morning.
He was alone in the garden at his aunt's semi-detached house at Jurong West when he fell into the pond.
His father said that while adults were home at that time, no one was watching over him.
A neighbour told the Chinese evening tabloid that he heard loud barking, and then a shout for help originating from the house.
A person rushed out and approached neighbours to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation on the boy, who had turned pale.
Police was informed of the accident at 11:45am.
The boy was taken to National University Hospital but died at 10:20 pm on Wednesday night.
On Thursday at the mortuary, the boy's father told The New Paper, "It was an accident. Nobody wanted this to happen."