An unidentified six-year-old Nigerian boy who recently moved to Montreal, Canada, drowned on Monday while swimming in a crowded pool.
According to CTV Montreal, the child slipped under the water and was spotted unconscious at the bottom of the pool.
The child’s mother who was in a state of shock was also taken to a hospital to be treated.
According to a witness, there was one lifeguard on duty and she jumped into the pool and pulled the child to the deck.
She immediately performed chest compressions on the child but was unable to revive the boy.
“I just see the little boy there on the floor and he was trying to breathe and she was pumping the heart, and he never came back,” Lambert told CTV Montreal.
The child was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The boy was at the pool with his mother and two siblings. Friends of the family confirmed that the child moved to Canada just three months ago with his family.
A coroner has been called to investigate the circumstances that led to the death.
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