KENNER, La. (WVUE) - Kenner police are investigating after a 1-year-old girl drowned in a children’s swimming pool.
Police say the incident happened around 8:15 p.m. on Thurs., July 20 in the 3300 block of Davidson Place.
Police say the girl and a 4-year-old were in the backyard. The 4-year-old told police a dog knocked the little girl into the pool.
The pool was mostly drained but still had around nine inches of water in it, a spokesperson for the police department said.
The Kenner Police Department is investigating. It is not known if charges will be forthcoming.
It is the second drowning of a young child in Louisiana in recent days.
On Saturday, a 7-year-old boy drowned after being left “temporarily unattended” in Slidell. The sheriff’s office has opened an investigation into his death.
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