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Child Drowns In Western Arkansas Swimming Pool

Authorities say a 5-year-old Fayetteville girl drowned in a swimming pool in western Arkansas. 
 
The Southwest Times Record reports the girl drowned in a pool in Van Buren on Wednesday. 
 
Crawford County Sheriff Ron Brown says the girl was  taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead after her 17-year-old brother and his 16-year-old girlfriend found her lifeless in a pool and called 911. 
 
Brown says the teens were watching the 5-year-old at the girlfriend's grandmother's house in the Oak Grove community of Van Buren when they noticed her missing. Brown says authorities are investigating the death as an accident.