Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of twin toddlers who drowned in the family’s swimming pool.
The two-year-old brothers were declared dead at their home in Kloof Falls in KwaZulu-Natal at 5pm on Saturday, according to a spokesperson from Rescue Care.
“Rescue Care Paramedics arrived on the scene to find the twins had somehow fallen into the family pool. Paramedics assessed the two and attempted to resuscitate them,” a spokesperson said.
“However, their attempts were not successful and both boys were declared deceased on the scene.
Taking to social media following the tragedy, the boys’ grandfather, Ivan Ikes, said the boys, Sebastian and Ethan, had been left with the nanny and managed to get to the pool.
“The boys got up and went outside and somehow after fiddling, got the gate to the pool fence opened. The one kid fell in and the other, after what seemed like beckoning to his brother to come out, jumped in to save him. They hung onto the Kreepy Krawly for as long as they could until eventually succumbing to their fate.
“My people, if you have young kids at home, forget the mad Christmas spending and invest in cameras. They don’t lie.”
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