Swimming Pool, Drowned | featured news

Rodney King had been drinking and was on drugs when he plunged into a swimming pool and accidentally drowned in June, a coroner's report released Thursday concluded. The report confirmed a previous police conclusion that King died by accident, and the case will be closed, Rialto police Capt. Randy DeAnda said.

The body of a woman who apparently drowned in a state-run swimming pool in Massachusetts remained in the water unnoticed for two days until passersby finally alerted police, authorities said on Thursday.

A child dies in a portable pool every five days during warm-weather months, according to the first U.S. study on child drownings in such pools, a statistic that the study's senior author says demonstrates the need for consumer education and affordable protection devices....

Three people were found dead in a San Diego home's swimming pool Tuesday and a fourth body was discovered in a bathtub inside, authorities said.

A key investor with convicted swindler Bernie Madoff drowned in his swimming pool Sunday afternoon, police said.

A 5-year-old boy was pulled not breathing from a pool at a large backyard party Sunday night and was later pronounced dead.