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<\/p>\nA TODDLER tragically died in a backyard pool while other children played nearby in Perth's southern suburbs.<\/p>\n
The 18-month-old boy was found face down in the water on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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Adults started CPR before paramedics arrived and rushed the child to Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch, but he could not be revived.<\/p>\n
A Western Australia Police spokesperson said the drowning was a tragic accident.<\/p>\n
It comes just days after a new pool safety campaign was launched and it was revealed 27 children under the age of five drown every year in Australia.<\/p>\n
A seven-year-old boy was last month pulled unconscious from a public swimming pool in Balga, 13km north of the Perth CBD.<\/p>\n
The distressing incident prompted the local council to issue a warning to all parents, urging them to put away their phones and keep a close eye on their children in pools.<\/p>\n More than 280 people have drowned in Australian waterways in the past 12 months, according to Royal Life Saving Australia's 2023 national drowning report.<\/p>\n A vast majority of deaths, 77 per cent, were males, and 57 per cent were people aged over 45.<\/p>\n This month, an English mum whose 16-year-old son died while wild swimming with friends said she hoped others would learn from their tragedy.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n An inquest on July 18 in Bolton, Greater Manchester ruled\u00a0Kalen Waugh died from drowning.<\/p>\n His mum Vicky pleaded for other children to stay away from water as wild swimming becomes increasingly popular.<\/p>\n Kalen drowned in Salford Quays in July last year.<\/p>\n A baby boy died after being pulled from a loch in the Scottish Highlands last month.<\/p>\n Emergency crews rescued the tot from the water and rushed him to Raigmore Hospital in\u00a0Inverness\u00a0by air\u00a0ambulance.<\/p>\n He was pronounced dead a short time later, police confirmed.<\/p>\n A Police Scotland spokesperson said at the time: "An investigation is ongoing to establish the full circumstances."<\/p>\n The Sun is your go to destination for the best celebrity news, football news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video.<\/p>\n Download our fantastic, new and improved free App for the best ever Sun Online experience. For iPhone click here, for Android click here.\u00a0<\/p>\n Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com\/TheSun and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24738952-1699998248706.jpg\")
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