. .
Posted: 14:47 GMT, Dec.. December 2020 | Updated: 14:47 GMT, Jan.. December 2020
A young boy died tragically drowning on an estate on Christmas Eve.
The school-age child died Thursday afternoon after an incident on property in Vernor, near Fernvale, 60 kilometers west of Brisbane.
The school-age child died Thursday afternoon after an incident on property in Vernor near Fernvale, 60 kilometers west of Brisbane (archive image of property outside Brisbane)
Just 24 hours earlier, Queensland Health had issued a reminder to remain vigilant amid fears of rising drownings.
Queensland Children’s Hospital has suffered seven fatal drownings in 2019 to date – three more than in 2018 and five more than in 2017.
More than a third of child drowning incidents occur in Queensland between December and February.
The emergency services reacted to the incident, but the boy could not be resuscitated (archive picture of the WA police)
Share what you think
The views expressed in the above content are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.
We will automatically post your comment and a link to the message on your Facebook timeline as it is posted on MailOnline. To do this, we link your MailOnline account to your Facebook account. We ask you to confirm this for your first post on Facebook.
You can choose for each post whether it should be published on Facebook. Your Facebook data is used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and advertisements in accordance with our privacy policy.
Drowning, Brisbane, Vernor
World news – AU – Boy drowns in a dam on a bush lot west of Brisbane
Related title :
– tragedy as young boy drowns in a dam on a bush property west of Brisbane
– Boy drowns in a dam west of Brisbane
Ref: https://www.dailymail.co.uk
