Topic: Swan Lake Pool

Summer vacation ends in tragedy

By Christine Anne Piesyk | August 5, 2007 |

Just a few days before the start of school, tragedy struck Clarksville again - this time with the accidental drowning of a 12-year-old girl at Swan Lake Pool Saturday evening around 7 p.m. The girl had been pulled from the water and was receiving CPR from a Vanderbilt University nurse, who was present at a private rental event at the pool, when Montgomery County Emergency Medical Services arrived at the scene.

City lifeguards were on duty when the drowning happened. Officials did not disclose how the drowning occurred or whether city lifeguards made the initial rescue. No other details were immediately available, and Swan Lake Pool was closed Sunday, the last day of the pool season in the city. «Read the rest of this article»

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