Six-year-old drowns in tub

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A Bare Root, East Coast, Demerara mother is in distress following the death of her six-year-old son, who died by drowning yesterday.

This newspaper understands that Zephaniah King drowned in a two-foot-deep tub, which he filled up while pretending to take a swim.

two-foot-deep tub

According to reports reaching Kaieteur News, King was left, by his mother, in the care of his aunt.

The child reportedly went downstairs to go to the bathroom, leaving the aunt upstairs.

He then decided to climb into a tub that he had filled with water, and drowned.

The boy was later discovered by his aunt, and was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where a doctor pronounced him dead.

When the dead child's mother arrived at the hospital and was informed about the tragedy, she screamed in anguish while demanding to see her son.

At that time, the child was already wrapped up to be placed in the mortuary.

Kaieteur News understands that King was his mother's only son.

Sunday 12-24-2006