Indian man, Dharmvir Singh, 38 and his father, Gurjinder Singh, 65, from Clyde North in Victori, drowned in a hotel pool on the Gold Coast. They were on holiday with family in Gold Coast and staying at the top of the apartment hotel in Surfers Paradise.
Dharmvir’s two years old daughter slipped into the pool and both men rushed to the girl’s rescue but soon both got into trouble in the deep end of the pool.
The toddler was pulled from the water without any physical injury, but her father and grandfather both drowned. The paramedics performed CPR on both men but could not be saved and both were pronounced dead at the scene.
“It’s an extremely emotional scene. Anyone could understand that not just to lose one family member but to lose two family members,” Ware said.
“These incidents can have long-lasting effects for not just the family members involved, but also the people that were at the scene as well, and also the first responders.”
School holidays and Easter break are busy time for emergency worker where there is a spike in drowning.
Please remember ‘Even adults can drown within seconds’.
Mr Ware urged people to stay vigilant around pools, as drowning rates are typically high around school holidays.
“We know that children and even adults can drown within a couple of seconds if they find themselves in those sorts of situations.”
Investigations are ongoing and a report will be prepared for the coroner.
Parents do anything to save their kids from any type of danger. If you have school aged kids you should spend time with them every day and know how he or she is doing in the school. Recently a high school student stabbed fellow student in the school Remember bullying is common in every school.
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