Toddler drowns in Cunupia swimming pool

A two-year-old girl drowned at a swimming pool in Cunupia on Thursday.

A police report said the child, Safoorah Muhammed, her father Saddiq Muhammed, and other relatives were at a private swimming pool in Munroe Road in Cunupia.

Saddiq Muhammed left his daughter at the poolside in the care of relatives. He returned a few minutes later and did not see his daughter.

Muhammed and other relatives began searching for the child and found her floating in the pool.

She was not breathing.

Muhammed pulled her out his of the pool and did CPR but Safoorah remained unresponsive.

The father took her to the Chaguanas Health Facility where she was pronounced dead.

Chaguanas police are investigating.