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Police investigate drowning of 6-y-o at Grand Palladium
July 19, 2022
The Hanover police are investigating the death of a six-year-old boy who drowned in a pool at the Grand Palladium Hotel in the parish.
The child, Oneil Hume Syers, was reportedly with his mother Mervelyn Bent, who is from a Savanna-la-Mar address, and who was celebrating her 25th birthday, when the incident occurred.
The incident happened last Wednesday.
According to eyewitnesses, Syers left the kid's pool after it closed and joined his mother in the adult pool, where he sat in the shallow section with other children.
It is further reported that the six-year-old made his way to the deeper section of the pool where Bent reportedly observed him experiencing difficulties.
She reportedly shouted for help and her child was removed from the pool.
Efforts to resuscitate him proved futile.
He was later transferred to the Noel Holmes Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Superintendent Sharon Beeput, commanding officer for the Hanover police, said she met with management at the resort yesterday, noting that the investigation continues.
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