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Clifton girl drowns in Centreville pool
A 5-year-old girl drowned in a swimming pool in Centreville on Aug. 31.Jana Hammad, of Clifton, was pulled unconscious from a pool at LifeTime Fitness at Trinity Parkway about 7 p.m. Preliminary autopsy reports show that she drowned, police said.
"Our hearts and prayers go out to the family," Tamer Moumen, general manager of the Centreville business, said.
Neighbor Kelly Hart said the family is part of a tight-knit Muslim community and the girl has already been buried.
Her father realized she was missing when lifeguards cleared the pool for a scheduled break. They found her in the kids pool in about 4 feet of water, according to police.
Lifeguards performed CPR, but she was later pronounced dead at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital.
"This is terribly sad to me, and the team in Centreville," Jason Thunstrom, director of communications at LifeTime Fitness' corporate office, said.
In addition to cooperating with the police investigation into the incident, LifeTime, a national gym, has launched its own investigation, Thunstrom said.
According to initial reports, the swimming pool was functioning properly, and the gym had the correct number of lifeguards at their proper locations at the time of the incident.
Another person drowned in a LifeTime Fitness swimming pool in 1996 in Minnesota, Thunstrom said.
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