One-year-old drowns in swimming pool in Gisborne
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A baby girl drowned in a swimming pool in the backyard of a house at the city end of Clifford St yesterday afternoon.
Emergency services were alerted at about 4pm yesterday.
"The infant, a girl aged 1, was found lying face-down in the water by a family member who immediately
called for help," a police spokesman said.
St John Ambulance, Fire Emergency NZ and the police rushed to the home.
"Paramedics and firefighters carried out CPR but the child could not be revived," the police spokesman said.