Teenage boy drowns at pool party

According to Central Police Station commander, Superintendent Mogomotsi Kesupile, the Standard 7 pupil was alleged to have drowned whilst swimming at a pool party hosted at Lion’s Club in Area A location.

The teenage boy was a learner at Monarch Primary School. Kesupile said that nobody realised that the teenager had drowned until another swimmer tripped over him. The swimmer called out for help from the instructor who jumped into the pool in an attempt to rescue the boy and managed to take him out of the waters, the station head added.