UPDATE: Boy drowns in LaPorte pool
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Updated: 4:29 PM Jun 11, 2011
UPDATE: Boy drowns in LaPorte pool
LaPorte, Ind.
The drowning of a 6-year-old boy in an in-ground pool in LaPorte on Sunday evening has been ruled an accident.
Posted: 10:22 PM Jun 5, 2011
Reporter: Paul Murphy; NewsCenter 16 Staff
Email Address: paul.murphy@wndu.com; newscenter16@wndu.com
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The drowning of a 6-year-old boy in an in-ground pool in LaPorte on Sunday evening has been ruled an accident.

The boy, identified as Ayden Penfold, was found by his 11-year-old sister at the bottom of an pool at a family friend's home on Keston Elm Drive around 6:30 p.m. After she pulled Ayden from the water, bystanders began performing CPR and 9-1-1 was called with the LaPorte Fire Department responding.

The boy was taken to LaPorte Hospital and was pronounced dead at 7:30 p.m. Central Standard Time. The death was ruled as an accidental drowning in an official autopsy. The LaPorte County coroner says Ayden was in a floating ring in the pool but the boy didn't fit in the ring correctly.

Parents told officials that the child could dog-paddle but could not swim well.

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