Crime & Safety
Coroner, Experts Provide Context for 3-Year-Old's Drowning Death
Drowning is the second leading cause of accidental deaths among children, according to water safety experts.
Days after the drowning of a Bryn Mawr 3-year-old, the Montgomery County coroner provided greater context for the girl’s death.
Joan Elizabeth Logan, 3, was pronounced dead at 5:40 p.m. Saturday at Bryn Mawr Hospital, after Newtown Township police and ambulance responded to a call late Saturday afternoon to St. Albans Swim Club in Newtown Square.
Montgomery County Coroner Walter Hofman . Despite requests from concerned family friends to both him and to Patch asking that he retract his statements, he said his statements were based on facts, both from police reports and from witness accounts.
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“Ninety percent of kids that drowned are considered to be supervised when it happens,” said Mario Vittone, a maritime expert with the U.S. Coast Guard based in Norfolk, Va. “Unlike on TV, it happens in 20 to 60 seconds and is silent.”
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