Three-Year-Old Twin Sisters Drown in Texas Apartment Pool
Twin sisters, both aged three, tragically drowned at an apartment complex in Texas. Police were called to the Ridgeview Apartments in Sherman, about 65 miles north of Dallas, on Wednesday, August 28, following a 911 report.
The sisters, Elena Lalnun and Glory Ram, were found unconscious underwater by a maintenance worker, who pulled them out, according to CBS News. It remains unclear who was supervising the children at the time, but police confirmed that their parents were on the property when the incident occurred.
Authorities have launched a criminal investigation, but no suspects have been named at this time.
One of the sisters was pronounced dead at the scene, while CPR was attempted on the other before she was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.
Eyewitness Carrie Curry told the Daily Mail that she saw one of the girls floating and the other at the bottom of the pool. She mentioned that one of the girls was wearing a pink blouse and diaper when she was pulled from the water. Curry expressed her shock that the toddlers were able to access the pool, which has a gate with a latch.
The Lungmili Post, a Myanmar newspaper based in Boise, Idaho, identified the sisters and reported that their brother had passed away earlier this year from an unspecified illness, citing a source close to the family.