
Father, Grandfather Drown Trying to Save Toddler
Published on April 1, 2024
The deaths of a man and his father while trying to save a toddler who fell into a Gold Coast pool has prompted authorities to issue a warning about water safety. The younger man’s child was reportedly playing on the step of an apartment block pool when they lost their footing and fell into deeper water, sparking the double Easter tragedy. The child’s father, Dharmvir Singh, 38, and grandfather Gurjinder Singh, 65, leapt into the pool to try to save the toddler only to get into trouble themselves. Mitchell Ware from the Queensland Ambulance Service said bystanders were able to pull the people from the pool and performed CPR until paramedics arrived, but both men died at the scene....
