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Sharjah Police have revealed that a child was drowned in a rainwater pool on Wednesday. Sharjah Police’s operations room received a report on the incident at 7:05 on Wednesday.
The specialised teams rushed to the scene where they began rescue and first aid procedures for the child and transferred him later to the hospital but he passed away.
Expressing their heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the child’s family, Sharjah Police underlined the importance of strengthening parental supervision, raising awareness among children about the dangers of swimming in unauthorized locations and abiding by preventive guidelines, thus contributing to protecting them from potential risks.
Sharjah Police warned parents of the dangers of approaching or swimming in rainwater accumulations and overflowing valleys due to the serious risks that they might pose to their safety.
Underscoring the need to monitor the whereabouts of their children, Sharjah Police explained that rainwater pools had varying depths and it was hard to assess their danger, adding that there was also the possibility of sudden slips and the presence of unstable mud formations, which would increase the risk of drowning accidents or serious injuries.
Safety is a shared responsibility that requires everyone’s co-operation, they said, calling on members of the society to report any behaviours that might endanger children on 901 for general inquiries and non-emergency cases or on 999 in urgent and emergency cases.
