Hong Kong police investigate after girl drowns in swimming pool of upmarket Harbourside residential building
- Staff call police after two girls, both aged under 10, found unconscious while swimming in clubhouse
- In separate incident, woman in her 40s certified dead at scene after body found floating in reservoir
Hong Kong police are investigating the death of a young girl who drowned in the swimming pool of an upscale residential building in West Kowloon on Saturday evening.
According to a police spokeswoman, two girls, both aged under 10, were found unconscious while swimming in the clubhouse of the Harbourside on Austin Road West at 8.29pm. Staff in the building called police.
“Both girls were unconscious when first responders arrived. They were rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment but one of them was certified dead at around 9pm,” she said.
The condition of the second child was unclear.
Separately, officers were investigating the suspected drowning of a woman whose body was found floating in a reservoir. Police received a report at 2.47pm on Saturday afternoon from a passer-by who said they saw the body drifting in the Upper Shing Mun Reservoir in Tsuen Wan, according to a force spokeswoman.
