Calamity stuck a Saudi father when his little daughter drowned in a rain water pond while on a picnic in the countryside in the Gulf Kingdom, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
The unnamed man’s three daughters left their father in the park in the northeastern town of Hafr Al Batin and headed for a nearby small pond to play, not realizing the water was deep.
“The three fell into the water but their father and visitors managed to rescue two aged 11 and 12 years,” Sabq newspaper said.
“They failed to find the seven-year-old daughter, who was later plucked out dead by the civil defence.”