‘Cheeky and mischievous’ boy, 5, drowned in swimming pool on family holiday
A five-year-old boy was found at the bottom of a hotel swimming pool while on holiday with his family in Egypt, an inquest has been told.
Kelan Logan-Derench, of Carhampton Road in Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, died at the El Nile Hospital in Cairo on November 25 last year after he was pulled from the water.
An inquest verdict in writing by Birmingham and Solihull Coroner’s Court senior coroner Louise Hunt found that Kelan, who was described by a family friend as a ‘cheeky, mischievous, happy little boy’, died as a result of an accident.
The record of inquest said Kelan was away on holiday with his family at the Mirette Hotel in Hurghada when he was found at the bottom of the hotel swimming pool without his armbands on at around 12.05pm.
Attempts were made to resuscitate him and he was taken to hospital where he was confirmed dead.
His medical cause of death was recorded as drowning.
According to a GoFundMe page organised by Serena Whitehead, a friend of Kelan’s mother, shortly after he died, the little boy had been on holiday with his mother, elder sister and grandmother and died just one day after they arrived.
Serena wrote: ‘Kelan’s whole family are absolutely broken and we can only imagine the pain they are going through.
‘The least we can do as friends of the family and as a community is to help them by offering some financial support so that they can bring Kelan home and give him the funeral he deserves.’
The page raised nearly £20,000 to bring his body back to the UK and pay for his funeral costs.
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