GIRL 3RD COUNTY CHILD TO DROWN THIS MONTH.Byline: Daily News dlim A 4-year-old Simi Valley girl drowned Thursday afternoon while playing in the family's backyard swimming pool, police said. Wende Pearson, daughter of Thomas and Charlotte Pearson, was rushed from her north-side home in the 3300 block of Greenville Drive to Simi Valley Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 12:18 p.m. ``I'm sure after all these incidents we'll focus on safety again,'' said Officer Kathy Vigil. ``Parents have to watch their kids, have an adult supervising, make sure the pool is gated.'' The youngster is the third in the county this month to die in drowning drowning /drown·ing/ (droun´ing) suffocation and death resulting from filling of the lungs with water or other substance. accidents. Camarillo toddler Colton Clarke, 17 months, died during a Sunday afternoon pool party June 7. |
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