NSW: Toddler drowns in pond in state's north

AAP General News (Australia)
04-11-2008
NSW: Toddler drowns in pond in state's north

A 19-month-old boy has drowned in an unfenced pond in northern New South Wales.

Paramedics were called late this morning to the pond near Russel Way in Tweed Heads South.

The boy was taken to Tweed Hospital in a critical condition but attempts to revive
him at the hospital were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead.

Ambulance officers have been unable to confirm whether the drowned boy had been on
an excursion from a nearby day-care centre.

AAP RTV sk/hn/crh/wz

KEYWORD: TODDLER (SYDNEY)

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