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8-year-old drowns in swimming pool

She was attending a coaching session

Published - May 14, 2017 12:03 am IST - CHENNAI

An eight-year-old girl died in a swimming pool in J.J. Nagar on Saturday.

Police identified the victim as P.B. Andrea (8), a Class III student at a private school in Padi.

Her father P.G. Biju is an assistant film director and her mother works in a software firm.

Her parents had enrolled her for coaching in swimming at a private pool near the J.J.Nagar police station where a professional coach trains students.

According to the police, Mr. Biju and his wife took her to the pool on Saturday morning where 11 other children were also undergoing training.

While swimming, the child suddenly began struggling and could not stay afloat. The coach pulled her out of the pool but the child found it hard to breathe.

She was rushed to the nearest private hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.

J.J. Nagar police inspector K. Murugesan conducted an investigation and sent the body to the Government Kilpauk Hospital for post-mortem.

A case of unnatural death has been registered.

No negligence was found on the part of the pool owner, the police said.

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