Boy drowning in Ancol swimming pool

JAKARTA: A four-year-old boy, Reza Antaris, drowned in the Riam Jeram swimming pool of Ancol Dreamland Park recreational site, North Jakarta, on Sunday afternoon.

The police reported on Monday that the boy, who had visited the pool with his parents, was found unconscious after drowning.

Rukanda, a visitor to the park and the person who first found Reza, took him out of the pool and tried to resuscitate him. Reza's parents, residents of Jl. Kampung Bahari IV, Sunter Agung, North Jakarta, immediately took him to a nearby hospital but he died on the way there. -- JP