Autistic Child Who Left Alone from Daycare in Changwon Falls into Pond and Dies... Director and Homeroom Teacher Sent to Prosecution

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] A daycare center official related to the death of a child with autism spectrum disorder who drowned in a pond has been referred to the prosecution on charges of professional negligence resulting in death.

According to the Masan Eastern Police Station in Gyeongnam on the 14th, 9-year-old boy A, who was found dead after drowning in a pond near a daycare center in Masanhwoin-gu, Changwon City, at around 4:35 p.m. on June 15, was discovered.

Boy A was understood to have left the daycare center alone around 2 p.m. while changing clothes in the changing room near the first-floor entrance of the daycare center building, preparing for a rice planting field trip as an after-school class.

At the time, police and fire authorities responded to a report from the homeroom teacher, found A’s slippers in a pond about 600 meters away from the daycare center, and searched the surrounding area to find the deceased boy A.

The police stated that they judged that two people, the daycare center director and the homeroom teacher, failed to fulfill their duty of care, which was related to boy A’s death accident, and sent the case to the prosecution with a recommendation for indictment.

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