Scarborough homeowner charged with criminal negligence after boy drowns in pond

TORONTO – Toronto Police have charged a homeowner with criminal negligence causing death in the drowning of a young child in Scarborough Tuesday morning.

A two-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after a near drowning in the city’s east end and later succumbed to his injuries in hospital later in the day.

Officers were called into Carrying Place, near the Neilson Road and McLevin Avenue area, around 10:45 a.m. Tuesday.

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The victim was found unconscious and believed to have drowned in a nearby backyard pond.

Subsequent investigation has resulted in a charge of criminal negligence causing death being laid against 58-year-old Sriranganathan Ampalam of 21 Carrying Place. 

Toronto Police are requesting that people avoid using VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) phones as they do not provide police with the caller information that regular phones give police – allowing them to locate the caller. 

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