Food delivery driver charged after alcohol sold to minor who later drowned, Prattville police say

AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) – A food delivery driver is being charged after a girl drowned in a swimming pool, according to the Prattville Police Department.

The suspect, Manoj Chitta, is charged with selling alcohol to a minor and criminally negligent homicide.

Prattville police responded to a report of an unresponsive girl in a home’s swimming pool Wednesday. Officers provided emergency aid, but the victim died at a hospital Friday.

Investigators have since determined the girl had consumed “a substantial amount of alcohol” before getting into the pool where she was later found unresponsive…

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