February 22, 2015 03:14 pm | Updated 03:14 pm IST - Chennai
A trip by school students to a theme park at Sripermubudur near Chennai ended on a tragic note after a 11-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool there, police said on Sunday.
The trip had been organised by his school from Tiruvallur.
Police said the incident occurred when the boy lost consciousness in the deep end of the pool while playing with his classmates.
He was immediately taken by his teacher and theme park officials to a hospital, but he was declared dead on arrival, they said.
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