Toddler drowns in
swimming By MONROE
ROARK
Staff Writer
A
morning of play at a neighbor's swimming pool
ended in tragedy last Thursday for a Fayette
County toddler.
According
to reports, 2-year-old Shane Smith was found in
the pool by a Federal Express employee who was
delivering a package at the location of the
incident, east of Fayetteville on Ga. Highway 54.
Deputies responded to the call at about 10 a.m.
and attempted to revive the child with CPR.
The
boy had wandered off with his 5-year-old sister
while their mother slept, according to Maj. Bruce
Jordan of the Fayette County Sheriff's
Department. The pool, which was located on the
adjacent property, was not fenced in.
The
two children were living with their mother in an
RV parked next to her parents' home. The
grandmother, Barbara Hardin, told investigators
that everyone was inside the RV and did not
realize the boy was gone.
Christine,
Shane's sister, told authorities that he slid off
a slide into the pool, and that she went in and
pulled him out.
Shane
was pronounced dead shortly after 11 a.m. at
Fayette Community Hospital.
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