Mom, daughter (5) drown at Park Rynie beach
Updated | By Nushera Soodyal
Search and rescue officials have recovered the body of a five-year-old girl who drowned at a beach on the south coast.
Police say they were called out to the Prestone Beach at Park Rynie on Saturday.
They say it's understood that the 47-year-old mother and her daughter were swimming in a pool when they were swept away by a wave.
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Officials say the mother's body was found on the same day whilst the search for the child continued.
The child's body was located on Sunday.
A double inquest docket was opened.
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