The Virginian-Pilot
                             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

TODDLER DROWNS IN POOL

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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