PUEBLO, Colo. – Two sisters, ages three and six, and their 17-year-old female babysitter 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.
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“I think it’s just a horrible tragedy,” Capt. Joe Garcia said.
The names of the victims weren’t immediately released.
Officers responding to an emergency call shortly after 2 p.m. tried to revive the victims at Pueblo Grande Village, a mobile home park located north of downtown Pueblo, about 105 miles south of Denver.
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The Pueblo Police Department says the victims were pronounced dead by the coroner’s office.
Neighbours appeared shaken as police investigated the scene.
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