Tobago police are investigating the circumstances under which a five-year-old girl drowned on Thursday. The child has been identified as Kevel Edwards of Mason Hall. The T&T Guardian understands that the girl died after she swallowed water from a pool in her yard. Police said Kevel was playing in an inflatable pool at her home at Sandy River, Mason Hall, when her mother, Cainelline Matthews-Edwards, took her out of the pool and left her nearby while she went inside to get a towel.
When Matthews-Edwards returned she discovered the child’s body floating in the pool. Police said the child was taken to the Scarborough General Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. Scarborough police are investigating.