Pool death at Orange

ORANGE’S mayor has urged his community to band together to support the family of a young girl who drowned in the NSW town’s public swimming pool.

The four-year-old was found motionless on the bottom of a pool at the Orange Aquatic Centre on Saturday afternoon, police said.

The girl’s family and lifeguards made attempts to revive her at the scene before she was taken to Orange Base Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Orange Mayor Reg Kidd said the thoughts of the community were with the family.