Harvey Worgan, a 7-year-old boy has drowned in an indoor swimming pool during a surprise birthday party for a family friend.
According to The Sun UK, the seven-year-old was found at the bottom of the pool in a tragic accident, an inquest heard.
Harvey Worgan died after going swimming at a family friend’s home in North Wales.
The inquest into his death heard he had been told by his dad to stay at the shallow end, as he swan during the party.
Harvey and his parents, Ben and Lucy Worgan, were among 50 guests
at a surprise birthday celebration for Jane Price, at her home.
In a statement read out at Welshpool County Court, Mr Worgan said
he had last seen his son walking around the outside of the pool.
Dyfrig Huw Rees, who went to the pool area, was looking for a towel when he saw Harvey lying face down at the bottom.
He said: “I saw a figure at the bottom of the pool face down near the deep end, I asked for help.
“I dived down, but missed him. I tried using my feet and then grabbed him and got him by the side.
“He was very pale, other than being sick there was no other movement.”
Dr Andrew Bamber, a paediatric pathologist based at the Heath Hospital in Cardiff, said: “There was no evidence of significant injury nothing to give cause for concern and no definite natural cause.
“There was a presence of 300ml of water in the stomach and
changes to the lungs, his death is consistent with one from immersion in
water.”
Mr Worgan’s statement described his son as a boy with a lovely
smile, who had a huge interest in tractors and diggers often went to
work with him on Saturdays.
Coroner Andrew Barkley said: “These are very tragic circumstances and I extend my sincerest condolences to the family.
“At the particular time of the incident no-one specifically saw Harvey.
“It seems to me that Harvey was only out of sight for a matter of moments. There’s no clear evidence how he got to the pool.
“No indication that he fell in. No indication he choked on the food or how long he was in the pool before he was spotted.
“The cause of death is immersion in water as a result of an accident.”
Source: SunUK
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