A child is dead after they were found unresponsive in a swimming pool at a Norfolk home over the weekend.
Norfolk police are investigating the incident, which began in the 1800 block of Brookwood Road Sunday, and ended at CHKD where the child was later pronounced dead.
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3-year-old dies after being found in pool in Norfolk Sunday
Kim Bianchi is a Virginia Beach mother who’s advocating to keep children safe after her daughter drowned.
The Bean’s Way Foundation was founded in October aimed at helping to prevent what happened to her family from happening to anyone else.
Bianchi says er 2-year old daughter Gabriella Ruth, AKA Bean, was energetic.
She walked out of my parent’s back door and shut the door and walked into the pool,” Bianchi said. “We lost her that day.”
Drowning is the leading cause of death in children ages 1 to 4,
according to the Centers for Disease Control.
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