THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: Monday, July 8, 1996 TAG: 9607080109 SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: FINAL TYPE: Briefs DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE LENGTH: 16 lines
A three-year-old girl drowned in a pool during a family gathering Saturday.
Police received a call that a child had fallen into a pool at a residence in the 700 block of Colony Manor Road at around 8 p.m.
The child had fallen into a four-foot above-ground pool behind a home, police said. It was unknown how long she had been under water. She was pronounced dead at the home after attempts to revive her failed, police said.
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