Father and grandfather die trying to save child who fell into swimming pool at holiday apartment in Australia
The medical team even tried to revive the men, who went into cardiorespiratory arrest and could not resist.
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Ambulance Australia
A father and grandfather died this Sunday after trying to save a child who fell into the swimming pool of a holiday apartment on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia, according to the report. DailyMail.
According to the newspaper, the child’s mother, who did not know how to swim, jumped into the pool after her daughter, which led Dharmvir Singh, 38, the father, and Gurjinder Singh, 65, the grandfather, to jump in. the pool.
The men were removed from the water by a medical team from Queensland, who tried to resuscitate the victims until the emergency services arrived, but the two went into cardiorespiratory arrest and did not resist.
The child was not injured and the mother was transported to the hospital as a precaution.
According to the same source, Mitchell Ware, from the Ambulance Service, says that the incident “is an extremely emotional scene”, as “not just one family member was lost, but two”, he adds.
The swimming pool is at the top of the apartment block and other families were using it at the time of the tragedy.
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