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Toddler drowns in family swimming pool
Posted: 05.10.2012 at 1:25 PM
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A toddler drowned in a family swimming pool Tuesday evening, according to the Aiken County Coroner.  / MGN
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AIKEN, SC (WACH) - A toddler drowned in a family swimming pool Tuesday evening, according to the Aiken County Coroner.

Coroner Tim Carlton says 2-year-old Calleigh Campbell was found in the pool around 7:15 p.m.

The girl was discovered in the pool by her father minutes after she "disappeared briefly" from a family gathering, according to Carlton.

She was pronounced dead at Georgia Health Sciences University Pediatric Shock Trauma Tuesday night.

An autopsy confirmed the cause of death as drowning.

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