Unfenced Dam blamed for Tragedy

[azureline**]

Accidents happen but seriously, dams don't need to be fenced, house yards/gardens do.... properly, if you have a dam nearby and small children. This happened a few k's from us last night and it is heartbreaking. 😞 but preventable.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/national/watch/6ac73771-9f86-387e-9514-d890e72b8410/unfenced-dam-blamed-for-tragedy/

[cherry*135]

Was that the 2yo that drowned (my internet is slow I can't open the video)? Very sad, his father died in a car accident in the last year also.

[j*oono]

I do agree with you Azureline but oh my god, I do feel so sorry for his mother and step-father.  

[azureline**]

Was that the 2yo that drowned (my internet is slow I can't open the video)? Very sad, his father died in a car accident in the last year also.

Yes, it is. He was raised from 5 months by the stepdad apparently, the father died last year.

It is just the most horrible thing for the family 😞

Yes Joono, poor family.

[the_hawk*]

Dams, rivers and creeks are typically not fenced, but the question of why one so young was allowed to wonder on his own

[debra9275]

Dams, rivers and creeks are typically not fenced, but the question of why one so young was allowed to wonder on his own

I was just thinking the same Hawk, when my were little, they never left my sight, especially around water.

very tragic for the family   😞

[Anonymous]

the dam was just metres from the family home 

they can move so quick little ones .

so sad for all those who loved him !

[*pepe]

oh how sad.

[not_an_eloi]

reporter:     "alex thought 'is fenced back yard was enough to keep michael from escapin'"

they think the little kid went down to the dam after the dog.
the dog could get through the fence, then.
 

gate didn't look to even have a latch on it, was wide open in the footage.
looks like there were great gaps along the bottom of the wire,in the fence, where it wasn't staked  to the ground.  

     slack-o

     preventable

[cherry*135]

Stepfather Alex Lynch, who has raised Michael since he was five months old, said the boy had been in the garden with his grandfather before the disappearance.

He said Michael’s grandfather turned his back for a moment, when Michael disappeared through a hole in the gate.

"It only takes less than a second and then he's gone," said Mr Lynch.

It is believed Michael followed a family dog, after the dog crawled under the fence and went for a swim in the nearby dam.

http://www.news.com.au/national/family-tells-of-pain-shock-at-drowning-death-of-michael-mcnamara-2-at-south-maclean-property-in-queensland/story-fndo4ckr-1226583892183