PUEBLO, Colo.—Two sisters, ages three and five, and their 17-year-old female baby sitter drowned in a swimming pool in a southern Colorado mobile home park, police said Monday.
Pueblo police were investigating what led to the drownings but said no foul play was suspected, The Pueblo Chieftain reported.
“I think it’s just a horrible tragedy,” Capt. Joe Garcia said.
The Pueblo Police Department says the victims were pronounced dead by the coroner’s office.
Neighbors appeared shaken as police investigated the scene.
“Despite CPR efforts by officers and others in an attempt to revive the victims, the three were later pronounced dead,” the Pueblo Police Department added in a statement, according to NBC News.
Neighbors said that signs warning people to swim at their own risk aren’t enough. “Apartments, complexes, anything — they should have a lifeguard,” Dora Moncayo, who lives nearby, told local station KOAA. “It’s the first thing we need to have.”
Epoch Times contributed to this report.
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