05/08/2003
Toddler drowns on family holiday
A three-year-old boy from Northern Ireland has drowned during a family holiday to France.
The young boy's body was found in a swimming pool late on Sunday evening at the family's holiday villa in Cherval, Dordogne, 80 miles north east of Bordeaux.
Firefighters who immediately arrived on the scene were unable to resuscitate him.
The boy, who has not yet been named, was due to fly home with his family the next day.
It is believed his body was flown back to the province on Monday night.
(MB)
The young boy's body was found in a swimming pool late on Sunday evening at the family's holiday villa in Cherval, Dordogne, 80 miles north east of Bordeaux.
Firefighters who immediately arrived on the scene were unable to resuscitate him.
The boy, who has not yet been named, was due to fly home with his family the next day.
It is believed his body was flown back to the province on Monday night.
(MB)
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