UK: Boy, 4, drowned in pond after wandering from family home, inquest hears
A four-year-old boy was tragically found lying face-down in a pond after he wandered from his family home, an inquest heard.
An inquest into his death, held at County Hall in Haverfordwest on Thursday, heard how Ifan's mother Sian fell asleep in the caravan. However, she could hear the children playing as the door was open due to warm weather at the time, Wales Online reports.Reading a report at the inquest PC James Lang-Ford of Dyfed-Powys Police said Ifan’s mother “was awoken and could hear Ifan playing outside”. He added: “She went to the toilet and came back and asked the other children where Ifan was.
His mother drove around the land to look for Ifan until his uncle, Matthew Owen, discovered him face-down in the pond. Ifan was unresponsive, and the Welsh Ambulance Service was called.Despite the best efforts of family and paramedics Ifan was declared dead at 6.40pm. The acting senior coroner for Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, Paul Bennett, referenced a post-mortem examination carried out in the wake of Ifan’s death which revealed the cause of death as drowning.
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