A 10-year-old South Carolina boy has died several hours after he swallowed water in a swimming pool.
Goose Creek police say Johnny Jackson swallowed some water while swimming around noon Sunday.
Police say he later complained he was tired and took a nap. When someone checked on him, water was coming out of his nose and he was having trouble breathing.
The boy later died at Trident Hospital.
Berkeley County Coroner Glenn Rhoad told the Post and Courier of Charleston the boy’s lungs were filled with water and he died of asphyxiation.
Rhoad said there was nothing suspicious about the death.