Mon, Jul 13th, 2009
A 14-year-old schoolboy from the Isle of Man has died while on holiday in Thailand after being sucked into a swimming pool pumping system.
It is thought Nathan Clark opened a metal vent at the bottom of the pool in an attempt to retrieve his goggles.
It happened in the resort of Pattaya, east of the capital Bangkok. He was holidaying with his father, brother, stepbrother and stepmother.
Police are investigating how he opened the vent which should have been locked.
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