9-year-old boy, who got stuck in swimming pool vent, dies

 

Noida, 09 Jul 2016:  The residents claimed the boy was trapped underwater for about 10 minutes before being pulled out by lifeguards.

 

A 9-year-old boy who got stuck in the suction vent of his residential society’s swimming pool in Noida sector 78 for several minutes on June 29 died in a Delhi hospital Thursday night.

 

 

Aditya Wardhan’s body was brought to Mahagun Moderne society around 3 pm Friday before being taken for cremation. Several distraught residents of the society kept consoling his mother, who kept fainting. Aditya’s grandmother sat in a corner, stone-faced. He had been on ventilator support at Gangaram Hospital since June 30.

 

Residents of the society said Aditya, who studied in Class IV in Fr Agnel School, Noida, dropped a ball in the pool close to an open suction vent by mistake and dived in to get it back. However, his hand got sucked in and he could not move. The residents claimed the boy was trapped underwater for about 10 minutes before being pulled out by lifeguards.